Words the Bible translates as ordain
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- maleמָלֵאto be full; to fill; to reach completeness
- kathistēmiκαθίστημιto appoint someone; to put a person in charge, installing them into a position of authority or responsibility
+2 more meanings
- to cause a person or thing to become something; to render or bring into a settled condition or standing
- to conduct or escort someone; to bring a person safely to a destination
- tassōτάσσωto place a person or thing in an ordered position assigned by an authority: to appoint, station, arrange, or set in order.
- yasadיָסַדto lay the foundation of something, and so to set it up firmly and make it last
+1 more meaning
- to take counsel together against someone; to band together and plot
- diatassōδιατάσσωto give authoritative, detailed direction: to order, prescribe, or arrange what is to be done
- horizōὁρίζωto fix something definitely: to settle a time, a plan, or a person's role so that the matter is no longer open
- manahמָנָהto count or number, and by extension to weigh out, allot, and appoint
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