King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1291
Transliteration: diastellomai
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tel'-lom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to set apart, to distinguish, to charge expressly
Meaning: to set apart, to distinguish, to charge expressly
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.
Word Summary
diastellomai: to set apart, to distinguish, to charge expressly
Original Word: διαστέλλομαιTransliteration: diastellomai
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-tel'-lom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to set apart, to distinguish, to charge expressly
Meaning: to set apart, to distinguish, to charge expressly
Strong's Concordance
set apart for service, distinguishMiddle 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1291: διαστέλλωδιαστέλλω: 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.