Word study · lex.G1296
διαταγή diatagē
ordinance · disposition · arrangement
Team definition
A late noun related to the verb for arranging or ordering. It can mean a disposition or arrangement, and also an ordinance. Rom 13:2 uses it of what God has ordered. Acts 7:53 uses the same noun in a different construction. The entry records those senses and does not decide the force of the ordinance in Rom 13.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 2
Senses
1. disposition, arrangement Acts 7:53
2. ordinance Rom 13:2, Acts 7:53
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. διαταγή (G1296)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G1296
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
ἐξουσία, submission, and the sword (13:1–7) Rom 13:1; Rom 13:2; Rom 13:3; Rom 13:4; Rom 13:5; Rom 13:6; Rom 13:7