1291. diastelló
Strong's Lexicon
diastelló: To instruct, to order, to command, to distinguish

Original Word: διαστέλλω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: diastelló
Pronunciation: dee-as-TEL-lo
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tel'-lom-ahee)
Definition: To instruct, to order, to command, to distinguish
Meaning: I give a commission (instructions), order; I admonish, prohibit.

Word Origin: From διά (dia, meaning "through" or "thoroughly") and στέλλω (stelló, meaning "to set" or "to arrange")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "diastelló," the concept of giving a command or instruction can be related to Hebrew words like צָוָה (tsavah, Strong's H6680), meaning "to command."

Usage: The verb "diastelló" primarily means to give a clear and distinct order or instruction. It conveys the sense of issuing a command with authority and clarity. In the New Testament, it is often used in contexts where a specific directive is given, emphasizing the importance of the instruction and the need for it to be followed precisely.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, clear communication and authoritative instruction were vital in various aspects of life, from military commands to philosophical teachings. The use of "diastelló" in the New Testament reflects the importance of clear and authoritative guidance in the early Christian communities, where leaders needed to instruct believers in the ways of the faith amidst diverse cultural influences.

HELPS Word-studies

1291 diastéllomai (from 1223 /diá, "through, thorough," which intensifies 4724 /stéllō, "send") – properly, send through (effectively divide), referring to giving an explicit command – i.e. that is unambiguously clear.

[1291 (diastéllomai) means "to command (charge) expressly"; "originally, . . . 'to put asunder'; hence, 'to distinguish,' and so of a commandment or injunction to distinguish" (as), i.e. is expressly clear" (A-S).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from dia and stelló
Definition
to set apart, fig. to distinguish, to charge expressly
NASB Translation
command (1), gave...orders (3), gave...instruction (1), giving orders (1), ordered (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1291: διαστέλλω

διαστέλλω: to draw asunder, divide, distinguish, dispose, order, (Plato, Polybius, Diodorus, Strabo, Plutarch; often in the Sept.); passive τό διαστελλόμενον, the injunction: Hebrews 12:20 (2 Macc. 14:28). Middle, (present διαστέλλομαι); imperfect διεστελλομην; 1 aorist διεστειλαμην; to open oneself, i. e. one's mind, to set forth distinctly, (Aristotle, Polybius); hence, in the N. T. (so Ezekiel 3:18, 19; Judith 11:12) to admonish, order, charge: τίνι, Mark 8:15; Acts 15:24; followed by (ἵνα (cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)), Matthew 16:20 R T Tr WH marginal reading; Mark 7:36; Mark 9:9; διεστείλατο πολλά, ἵνα etc. Mark 5:43.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
set apart for service, distinguish

Middle voice from dia and stello; to set (oneself) apart (figuratively, distinguish), i.e. (by implication) to enjoin -- charge, that which was (give) commanded(-ment).

see GREEK dia

see GREEK stello

Forms and Transliterations
διασταλήσεται διασταλήσονται διαστάλητε διαστείλαι διαστείλας διαστείλασθαι διαστείλη διάστειλον διαστελεί διαστελείς διαστελείτε διαστέλλειν διαστελλομενον διαστελλόμενον διαστέλλουσα διαστελούσιν διαστελώ διεστάλη διεστάλησαν διεσταλμένα διεσταλμένον διέστειλα διεστειλαμεθα διεστειλάμεθα διεστείλαμεθα διέστειλαν διέστειλας διεστειλατο διεστείλατο διέστειλε διέστειλεν διεστείλω διεστελλετο διεστέλλετο diastellomenon diastellómenon diesteilametha diesteilámetha diesteilato diesteílato diestelleto diestélleto
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Matthew 16:20 V-AIA-3S
GRK: Τότε διεστείλατο τοῖς μαθηταῖς
INT: Then instructed he the disciples

Mark 5:43 V-AIM-3S
GRK: καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς πολλὰ
NAS: And He gave them strict orders
KJV: And he charged them straitly
INT: And he instructed them much

Mark 7:36 V-AIM-3S
GRK: καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς ἵνα
NAS: And He gave them orders not to tell
KJV: And he charged them that
INT: And he instructed them that

Mark 7:36 V-IIM-3S
GRK: δὲ αὐτοῖς διεστέλλετο αὐτοὶ μᾶλλον
NAS: And He gave them orders not to tell
KJV: he charged them,
INT: moreover he instructed them exceedingly

Mark 8:15 V-IIM-3S
GRK: καὶ διεστέλλετο αὐτοῖς λέγων
NAS: And He was giving orders to them, saying,
KJV: And he charged them, saying,
INT: And he instructed them saying

Mark 9:9 V-AIM-3S
GRK: τοῦ ὄρους διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς ἵνα
NAS: from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate
KJV: the mountain, he charged them
INT: the mountain he instructed them that

Acts 15:24 V-AIM-1P
GRK: οἷς οὐ διεστειλάμεθα
NAS: to whom we gave no
KJV: we gave no [such] commandment:
INT: to whom not we gave [such] command

Hebrews 12:20 V-PPM/P-ANS
GRK: γὰρ τὸ διαστελλόμενον Κἂν θηρίον
NAS: For they could not bear the command, IF EVEN
KJV: endure that which was commanded, And if so much as
INT: indeed that [which] was commanded And if a beast

Strong's Greek 1291
8 Occurrences


διαστελλόμενον — 1 Occ.
διεστειλάμεθα — 1 Occ.
διεστείλατο — 4 Occ.
διεστέλλετο — 2 Occ.

















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