διαταγήdiatagḗ
in late writers for classical Greek διάταξις (wh., however, is found in LXX, Psalms 119:91, and elsewhere)
Greek (New Testament) · G1296
Meanings
(a) disposition (cf. διάταξις for צְבָא; Sm., 2 Kings 23:4, Jeremiah 8:2, Jeremiah 19:13); εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων, AV, by the disposition of angels: Acts 7:53
(b) ordinance (C. I. 3465): Romans 13:2, Acts 7:53, R, text (and see margin; Page and EGT, in l.; but also see above).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Acts 7:53 You deliberately disobeyed God’s law, even though you received it from the hands of angels.”
- Romans 13:2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.