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We see the word commanded numerous times in the Bible. Some times it is men commanding other men sometimes it is God or Jesus making commands. The first place we see the word commanded is in Genesis when God commanded man not to eat of the tree of Knowledge but only of the tree of life.[2] It is probably just as important to understand what those trees are as it is to understand the word commanded.

The word there is [3] 06680 the Hebrew root word TzadikVavHey is used to create the Hebrew word commandment, mitsvah, TzadikVavHeyMem.[4]

There are several Greek words translated commanded in the New Testament and the first one is prostasso, which only appears 7 times.[5] It is a word that means more to bid some one to do something or conform to some order or arrangement rather than a forceful command.


Another Greek word translated command is paraggello [6] which may include the idea of a command but by itself it only means to "to transmit a message along from one to another, to declare".


Epitasso

There is the Greek word epitasso (epetaxen)[7] which appears 10 times and means to enjoin upon, order, command, charge. Jesus uses this word when He commanded His disciples to organize the people in small groups or companies networked together in ranks of fifty[8] and ranks of a hundred.

  • Mark 6:39 according to Westcott and Hort 1881 Greek text is as follows:
καὶ ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς ἀνακλιθῆναι πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ.
kai epetaxen autois anaklinai pantas symposia symposia epi chlōrō chortō.
καὶ ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς ἀνακλιθῆναι πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ.
And he commanded them to make sit down all by companies by companies upon the green grass.

So we can see in the literal translation which reads:

"And he commanded them to make sit down all by companies by companies upon the green grass."

The word by companies which is symposia is repeated twice in the original text expressing a repetition in orders of tens and the word epitasso[7] translated he commanded is a compound of Tasso[9] which also produces taxis[10] all of which express an order or pattern.


This word sumposion[11] translated company is derived in part from the word pino which means "figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal" and is a traditional Greek word often signifying a group of around ten men.

The phrase upon the green[12] grass[13] which is a term often meaning yellow green suggesting an event later in the year such as the time of the Feast of Tabernacles which was traditionally the time when Israel organized itself in the pattern of tens which allowed them to function as a nation without a central king or top-down authority.

  • Mark 6:40 also using the Westcott and Hort 1881 text is as follows:
καὶ ἀνέπεσαν πρασιαὶ πρασιαὶ κατὰ ἑκατὸν καὶ κατὰ πεντήκοντα.
kai anepesan prasiai[14] prasiai[14] kata hekaton kai kata pentēkonta.
καὶ ἀνέπεσαν πρασιαὶ πρασιαὶ κατὰ ἑκατὸν καὶ κατὰ πεντήκοντα.
And they sat down in ranks, in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

Which translates:

And they sat down in ranks,[14] in ranks,[14] by hundreds, and by fifties.[8]

Here we again see the term for "ranks" is also repeated twice in the original text and is from the word prasia[14] which as a Hebrew idiom i.e. they reclined in ranks or divisions, so that several ranks formed, as it were separate plots and again this order was to be by hundreds, and by fifties"[8] because there were 5000 men who were elders of families.[15]

This use of a term translated rank has nothing to do with rank of authority like a military rank of authority but is a reference to a way to network the different small groups of tens so that there can be a way to ensure that everyone is accounted for and form a cohesive group without a top-down authority.




A third word in the Greek translated command is keleuo [16] which specifically does mean to command and appears some 27 times[17], usually by people in positions of authority like Herod, Pilate, Festus or the chief captain. It is from a primary Greek word kello meaning "to urge on".

Peter uses the term "keleuo" in reference to Jesus giving him a command.[18] And Jesus uses it in one of His Parables.[19]

Jesus uses the term "keleuo" several times in order to direct the His disciples and the people who sought to follow Him.[20]

There is another word that means command which we find in the New Testament. The Greek verb entellomai[21]meaning "to order, command to be done, enjoin" is seen some 17 times in the text.

The Greek word entellomai was used once in relationship to the last will and testament of Joseph concerning is bones. [22]

Adversaries of Christ used the word twice to mock Jesus.[23]

The term was used four times in reference to Moses giving commands.[24]

Jesus used the term 9 times concerning commands directed for us to obey.[25]



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Footnotes

  1. is attributed to the General Prologue to the John Wycliffe Bible translation of 1384, as quoted in Lincoln at Gettysburg.
  2. Genesis 2:16 ¶ And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
  3. 06680 ^הוצ^ tsavah \@tsaw-vaw’\@ a primitive root Hebrew letters TzadikVavHey; if you add a Mem 04687 ^הוצמ^ mitsvah v; AV-command 514, charge 39, commandment 9, appoint 5, bade 3, order 3, commander 1, misc 4; 494
    1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order
    1a) (Piel)
    1a1) to lay charge upon
    1a2) to give charge to, give command to
    1a3) to give charge unto
    1a4) to give charge over, appoint
    1a5) to give charge, command
    1a6) to charge, command
    1a7) to charge, commission
    1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act)
    1b) (Pual) to be commanded
  4. 04687 ^מִצְוָה‎^ mitsvah MemTzadikVavHey \@mits-vaw’\@ with the Hebrew letters MemTzadikVavHey from 06680; n f; AV-commandments 173, precept 4, commanded 2, law 1, ordinances 1; 181
    1) commandment
    1a) commandment (of man)
    1b) the commandment (of God)
    1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)
    • מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
    • צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
    • ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
    • ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
  5. 4367 ~προστάσσω~ prostasso \@pros-tas’-so\@ from 4314 and 5021; v AV-command 6, bid 1; 7
    1) to assign or ascribe to, join to
    2) to enjoin, order, prescribe, command
    2a) to appoint, to define
    Appears 7 times:
    Matthew 1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden <4367> him, and took unto him his wife:
    Matthew 8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.
    Matthew 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded <4367> them, And brought the ass, and the colt,...
    Kingdom context Matthew 21:5 "... thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass."
    Mark 1:44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.
    Luke 5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded <4367>, for a testimony unto them.
    Acts 10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded <4367> thee of God.
    Acts 10:48 And he commanded <4367> them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
  6. 3853 ~παραγγέλλω~ paraggello \@par-ang-gel’-lo\@ from 3844 and the base of 32; v AV-command 20, charge 6, give commandment 1, give charge 1, declare 1, give in charge 1, vr command 1; 31
    1) to transmit a message along from one to another, to declare, announce
    2) to command, order, charge
    For Synonyms see entry 5844
  7. 7.0 7.1 2004 ~ἐπιτάσσω~ epitasso \@ep-ee-tas’-so\@ from 1909 and 5021; ; v AV-command 8, charge 1, enjoin 1; 10
    1) to enjoin upon, order, command, charge
    The Greek word epitasso translated command appear 10 times but only a few times in the Bible in reference to Jesus. He commanded unclean spirits in Mark 1:27, Luke 4:36, Mark 9:25 and in Luke 8:31. We also see Him command the wind in Luke 8:25.
    While Jesus uses the word in Luke 14:22 in a parable of a master commanding his servants to gather people for the wedding feast the only time Jesus commanded people was his disciples in Mark 6:39 to make all sit down by companies.
    In Mark 6:27 we see the king sent an executioner, and commanded John the Baptist's head to be brought and Acts 23:2 The high priest Ananias commanded men to smite Jesus on the mouth.
    It is very clear the word epitasso is not an invitation, a suggestion, advise, statement
    The word "commandments" is not the same and it is usually the Greek word entole which means more a precept or a statement like the word we see in the Old Testament for Commandments.
    also Philemon 1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin <2004> thee that which is convenient,
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 4004 πεντήκοντα pentekonta [pen-tay’-kon-tah] multiplicative of 4002; adj; AV-fifty 7; 7
    1) fifty
    • In Mark 6:40 we see κατά πεντήκοντα with a word origin as
    a cardinal number from pente and a modified form of deka which means ten. Literally 5x10
  9. 2004 ~ἐπιτάσσω~ epitasso \@ep-ee-tas’-so\@ from 1909 and 5021; ; v AV-command 8, charge 1, enjoin 1; 10
    1) to enjoin upon, order, command, charge
    The Greek word epitasso translated command appear 10 times but only a few times in the Bible in reference to Jesus. He commanded unclean spirits in Mark 1:27, Luke 4:36, Mark 9:25 and in Luke 8:31. We also see Him command the wind in Luke 8:25.
    While Jesus uses the word in Luke 14:22 in a parable of a master commanding his servants to gather people for the wedding feast the only time Jesus commanded people was his disciples in Mark 6:39 to make all sit down by companies.
    In Mark 6:27 we see the king sent an executioner, and commanded John the Baptist's head to be brought and Acts 23:2 The high priest Ananias commanded men to smite Jesus on the mouth.
    It is very clear the word epitasso is not an invitation, a suggestion, advise, statement
    The word "commandments" is not the same and it is usually the Greek word entole which means more a precept or a statement like the word we see in the Old Testament for Commandments.
    also Philemon 1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin <2004> thee that which is convenient,
  10. 5010 τάξις taxis [tax’-is] from 5021; n f; AV-order 10; 10
    1) an arranging, arrangement
    2) order
    2a) a fixed succession observing a fixed time
    3) due or right order, orderly condition
    4) the post, rank, or position which one holds in civic or other affairs
    4a) since this position generally depends on one’s talents, experience, resources
    4a1) character, fashion, quality, style
  11. 4849 ~συμπόσιον~ sumposion \@soom-pos’-ee-on\@ from a derivative of the alternate of 4844; ; n n AV-company 1, not tr. 1; Repeated twice in Mark 6:39
    1) a drinking party, entertainment
    1a) of the party itself, the guests
    1b) rows of guests
    "The symposium (or symposion) was an important part of ancient Greek culture from the 7th century BCE and was a party held in a private home where Greek males gathered to drink, eat and sing together. Various topics were also discussed such as philosophy, politics, poetry and the issues of the day."
    " The equivalent of a Greek symposium in Roman society is the Latin convivium."
    A Roman convivium according to Marcus Tullius Cicero for the republican period and Seneca suggest that ten to twelve was the maximum number.
    Plato in his "Laws" endorses the benefits of the symposium as a means to test and promote virtue in citizens.
  12. Green from the Greek word chloros can mean yellowish pale because it is not the primary word for green.
  13. Is the green grass like the green pastures of Psalms 23:2 "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters." The word pasture is na’ah meaning a habitation or abode in the sense of "beautiful" and "befitting". Green in Hebrew is deshe from dasha meaning cause to sprout or come forth.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 4237 ~πρασιά~ prasia \@pras-ee-ah’\@ perhaps from prason (a leek, and so an onion-patch); ; n f AV-in ranks 1, not tr. 1; 2
    1) a plot of ground, a garden bed
    2) Hebrew idiom i.e. they reclined in ranks or divisions, so that several ranks formed, as it were separate plots
  15. 10x50x100=5000 men or husbands which were present (Mark 6:44 )
  16. 2753 ~κελεύω~ keleuo \@kel-yoo’-o\@ from a primary kello (to urge on); ; v AV-command 24, at (one’s) command 1, give commandment 1, bid 1; 27
    1) to command, to order
  17. : Matthew 14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded <2753> it to be given her.
    Matthew 27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded <2753> the body to be delivered.
    Matthew 27:64 Command <2753> therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
    Luke 18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded <2753> him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
    Acts 4:15 But when they had commanded <2753> them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
    Acts 5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded <2753> to put the apostles forth a little space;
    Acts 8:38 And he commanded <2753> the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
    Acts 12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded <2753> that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
    Acts 16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded <2753> to beat them.
    Acts 21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded <2753> him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
    Acts 21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded <2753> him to be carried into the castle.
    Acts 22:24 The chief captain commanded <2753> him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
    Acts 22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded <2753> the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
    Acts 23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest <2753> me to be smitten contrary to the law?
    Acts 23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded <2753> the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
    Acts 23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded <2753> him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
    Acts 24:8 Commanding <2753> his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
    Acts 25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded <2753> Paul to be brought.
    Acts 25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded <2753> the man to be brought forth.
    Acts 25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded <2753> him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
    Acts 25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment <2753> Paul was brought forth.
    Acts 27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded <2753> that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
  18. : Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid <2753> me come unto thee on the water.
  19. : Matthew 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded <2753> him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
  20. Matthew 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment <2753> to depart unto the other side.
    Matthew 14:19 And he commanded <2753> the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
    Matthew 15:35 And he commanded <2753> the multitude to sit down on the ground.
  21. 1781 ~ἐντέλλομαι~ entellomai \@en-tel’-lom-ahee\@ from 1722 and the base of 5056; v AV-command 10, give commandment 3, give charge 2, enjoin 1, charge 1; 17
    1) to order, command to be done, enjoin
    For Synonyms see entry 5844
  22. Hebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment <1781> concerning his bones.
  23. : Matthew 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give <1781> his angels charge <1781> concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
    Luke 4:10 For it is written, He shall give <1781> his angels charge <1781> over thee, to keep thee:
  24. : Mark 10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command <1781> you?
    Matthew 19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command <1781> to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
    John 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded <1781> us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
    Hebrews 9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined <1781> unto you.
  25. Matthew 15:4 For God commanded <1781>, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
    John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave <1781> me commandment <1781>, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
    Matthew 17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged <1781> them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
    Mark 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded <1781>: and they let them go.
    Mark 13:34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded <1781> the porter to watch.
    John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command <1781> you.
    John 15:17 These things I command <1781> you, that ye love one another.
    Acts 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments <1781> unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
    Acts 13:47 For so hath <1781> the Lord commanded <1781> us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.


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