What does διαταγή (diatagḗ) mean in the Bible?
διαταγή (diatagḗ): Official arrangement or command imposed by authority; divine law or human governmental decree.
Greek · G1296
διαταγή
Ordinance
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διαταγή G1296
Pronunciation diatagḗ
What does διαταγή (diatagḗ) mean in the Bible?
διαταγή (diatagḗ): Official arrangement or command imposed by authority; divine law or human governmental decree.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1296?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include has set in place (1), ordained (1).
Where does διαταγή (diatagḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 7:53. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It has set in place 1× Romans 13:2
ordained 1× Acts 7:53
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 7:53
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 Romans 1
Source forms
διαταγὰς 1x diatagas Acts 7:53
διαταγῇ 1x diatagē Romans 13:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Acts 7:53
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 13:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Official arrangement or command imposed by authority; divine law or human governmental decree.
Strong's G1296
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
ordinance
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 7:53 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
διαταγὰς diatagav
ordaining, ordinance, disposition
Read verse Romans 13:2 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διαταγῇ diatagh
ordaining, ordinance, disposition
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rom 13:2 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 7:53 1×
Word Origins
διαταγή is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain