Words the Bible translates as order
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 15 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsavahצָוָהto command: to lay a binding order on someone who is expected to obey it.
- entellōἐντέλλωto lay a binding charge on someone: to command or commission, entrusting a directive that is meant to be carried out
- prostassōπροστάσσωto lay down what is to be done, on the authority to settle the matter: to direct a person, prescribe a requirement, or fix something in advance
- 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
- parangellōπαραγγέλλωto give an authoritative order: to direct someone to do or stop doing something, with the standing to require it
- epitassōἐπιτάσσωto order someone whose place is to obey: to lay a directive on a person by the authority of one's position
- erekhעֵרֶךְan ordered arrangement: things set out in place, laid out in proper order
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- an assessed value: a set amount of worth fixed on a person or thing by a standard
- taxisτάξιςgood order: things done in their proper arrangement and sequence rather than in confusion
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- an assigned turn of service: one's appointed place in a fixed rotation of duty
- a kind or character: the particular sort of thing something is; in Hebrews, the distinct type of priesthood Christ shares with Melchizedek
- piqqudפִּקּוּדan entrusted charge: a directive God has personally laid on his people as their assigned duty.
- tagmaτάγμαordernot studied yet
- epitagēἐπιταγήan order given by someone with the standing to be obeyed: a charge that binds rather than advises
- parangeliaπαραγγελίαordernot studied yet
- divrahדִּבְרָהa case: the matter a person lays out before someone who can settle it
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- in a set phrase, the ground or pattern behind something: on account of, so that, after the manner of
- sederסֵדֶרordernot studied yet
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