noun · feminine

diatagas

Greekδιαταγή (diatagē)

Strong’sG1296

ordaining, ordinance, disposition

stem diatag-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

direction1×ordinance1×

What it means

† δια-ταγή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< διατάσσω), [in LXX: II Es 4:11 (פַּרְשֶׁגֶן)*;]

in late writers (Deiss., LAE, 86 ff.) for cl. διάταξις (wh., however, is found in LXX, Ps 118 (119):91, al.);

(a) disposition (cf. διάταξις for צְבָא; Sm., IV Ki 23:4, Je 8:2 19:13); εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων, AV, by the disposition of angels (Alf., in l., Field, Notes, 116; but v. infr.): Ac 7:53;

(b) ordinance (C. I. 3465): Ro 13:2, Ac 7:53, R, txt. (and v. mg.; Page and EGT, in l.; but also v. supr.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1296 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-at-ag-ay'

arrangement, i.e. institution

Fromfrom G1299;

King Jamesinstrumentality.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	diatagas	diatagais
object accusative	diatagan	diatagain1×διαταγὰς
direct address vocative	diatagar	diatagair
of, belonging to genitive	diatagau	diatagaiu
to, for dative	diataga1×διαταγῇ	diatagai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

diatagstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

diataga is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

diataga“ordinance”to, fordative singular1×

Romans 13:2“ordinance”hōste tos antitasserōtos ta exousia ta tou theou diataga anthistanatē, tois de anthistanarētois heautoi krimem lambeli.Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

diatagain“direction”objectaccusative plural1×

Acts 7:53“direction”hotinois lambava ton nomon eis diatagain angeloiu, kai ouk fulassava.you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”