Command (Verbs)
signifies “to set in order, appoint, command,” Mat 11:1; Luk 8:55; Luk 17:9-10; Act 18:2; Act 23:31; “gave order,” 1Co 16:1, RV. So in Act 24:23, where it is in the Middle Voice. See APPOINT, No. 6.
denotes “to speak” (connected with eipon, “to say”); hence, among various renderings, “to bid, command,” Mat 4:3; Mar 5:43; Mar 8:7; Luk 4:3; Luk 19:15. See BID.
Note: In 2Co 4:6, the RV rightly has “said,” followed by the quotation “Light shall shine out of darkness.”
signifies “to enjoin upon, to charge with;” it is used in the Middle Voice in the sense of commanding, Mat 19:7; Mat 28:20; Mar 10:3; Mar 13:34; Joh 8:5; Joh 15:14, Joh 15:17; Act 13:47; Heb 9:20; Heb 11:22, “gave commandment.” See CHARGE, ENJOIN.
signifies to appoint over, put in charge (epi, “over,” tasso, “to appoint”); then, “to put upon one as a duty, to enjoin,” Mar 1:27; Mar 6:27, Mar 6:39; Mar 9:25; Luk 4:36; Luk 8:25, Luk 8:31; Luk 14:22; Act 23:2; Phm 1:8. See CHARGE, ENJOIN.
“to urge, incite, order,” suggests a stronger injunction than No. 6, Mat 14:9, Mat 14:19; Mat 15:35; Mat 18:25; Mat 27:58, Mat 27:64; Luk 18:40; Act 4:15 (frequently in Acts, not subsequently in the NT). See BID.
“to announce beside” (para, “beside,” angello, “to announce”), “to pass on an announcement,” hence denotes “to give the word, order, give a charge, command,” e.g., Mar 6:8; Luk 8:29; Luk 9:21; Act 5:28; 2Th 3:4, 2Th 3:6, 2Th 3:10, 2Th 3:12. See CHARGE, B, No. 8.
denotes “to arrange or set in order towards” (pros, “towards,” tasso, “to arrange”); hence “to prescribe, give command,” Mat 1:24; Mat 8:4; Mar 1:44; Luk 5:14; Act 10:33, Act 10:48. For Mat 21:6 see Note (3) below. See BID.
Notes: (1) In Rev 9:4, rheo, “to speak,” is translated “said” in the RV (AV, “commanded”). (2) in Heb 12:20 diastellomai, “to charge, enjoin” (so in the RV), is rendered “commanded” in the AV. (3) in Mat 21:6, the RV, translating suntasso, as in the best mss., has “appointed,” AV, “commanded.”