Diastéllomai — G1291

Definition

verb

to set (oneself) apart (figuratively, distinguish), i.e. (by implication) to enjoin

Usually translated as

commanded, commandment, charge, that which was

Origin

middle voice from G1223 and G4724

• diá (G1223)
• stéllō (G4724)

Occurrences

Diastéllomai occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (4), Acts (1), Hebrews (1)

• Matthew 16:20 — Then charged (διεστείλατο) he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
• Mark 5:43 — And he charged (διεστείλατο) them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
• Mark 7:36 — And he charged (διεστείλατο) them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
• Mark 7:36 — And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged (διεστέλλετο) them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
• Mark 8:15 — And he charged (διεστέλλετο) them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
• Mark 9:9 — And as they came down from the mountain, he charged (διεστείλατο) them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
• Acts 15:24 — Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment (διεστειλάμεθα):
• Hebrews 12:20 — (For they could not endure that which was commanded (διαστελλόμενον), And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: