noun · feminine
epitagas
Strong’sG2003
instruction, command, order, authority
stem epitag-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἐπι-ταγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐπιτάσσω), [in LXX: Da LXX 3:16 (פִּתְגָּם), I Es 1:18, Wi 14:16 18:16 19:6, III Mac 7:20 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2003 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-ee-tag-ay'
an injunction or decree; by implication, authoritativeness
Fromfrom G2004;
King Jamesauthority, commandment.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ἐπιτάσσω) ={-ταγμα}, LXX+2nd c.BC+; imposition of taxes, αἱ ἐ. τῶν εἰσφορῶν Refs 1st c.BC+
2 especially of oracles or divine commands, κατ᾽ ἐπιταγήν Refs; κατ᾽ ἐ. τοῦ θεοῦ NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epitagas | epitagais |
| object accusative | epitagan5×ἐπιταγὴν | epitagain |
| direct address vocative | epitagar | epitagair |
| of, belonging to genitive | epitagau1×ἐπιταγῆς | epitagaiu |
| to, for dative | epitaga | epitagai |
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
epitaga 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
epitagan“command”objectaccusative singular5×
1 Corinthians 7:6… de legamō kata sungnōman, ouk kata epitagan.… as a concession, not as a command.
1 Corinthians 7:25Peri de taiu parthenaiu epitagan kuriou ouk echamō, gnōman de dōamō …Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give …
2 Corinthians 8:8Ouk kata epitagan legamō alla dia tau heteroiu spoudau …I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity …
1 Timothy 1:1Paulos apostolos Christou Iēsu kata epitagan theou sōtērou nu kai Christou Iēsu …… apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of …
Titus 1:3… en kērugme hem pisteuima mis kata epitagan tou sōtērou nu theou,… proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
epitagau“authority”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Titus 2:15… kai parakalasōr kai elenchasōr meta pantau epitagau; mēdenos su perifronatōr.… you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.