Words the Bible translates as injunction
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
- esarאִסָּרa binding pledge of self-denial: an obligation a person ties onto their own life before God, normally a promise to go without something otherwise allowed
- esarאֱסָרa royal ban: a binding prohibition issued by a king, forbidding an act to everyone under his rule
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