Words the Bible translates as give orders
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- entellōἐντέλλωto lay a binding charge on someone: to command or commission, entrusting a directive that is meant to be carried out
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
- keleuōκελεύωto order that something be done: to give a spoken command, on the strength of one's authority
- epitassōἐπιτάσσωto order someone whose place is to obey: to lay a directive on a person by the authority of one's position
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