2001 Translation

PROSTAGMATA, prostagmata

Sounds Like: pros-TAG-ma-ta

Translations: commandments, ordinances, decrees, statutes

From the root: ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a command, ordinance, or decree, often one issued by an authority. It is a compound word derived from the preposition ΠΡΟΣ (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb ΤΑΣΣΩ (tassō), meaning 'to arrange' or 'to order'. In its plural form, it typically refers to a set of rules or laws, such as divine commandments or legal statutes.

Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G4368 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 2:8, 58:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• 2 Esdras — 11:7, 19:13, 19:14, 20:30
• Esther — 2:20
• 1 Maccabees — 10:14
• Psalms — 98:7
• Isaiah — 24:5, 26:9
• Malachi — 3:24

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 7:193
• Book 4 — 2:22
• Book 10 — 1:8
• Book 11 — 3:45
• Book 12 — 7:288
• Book 20 — 1:7

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 25:8
• Book Two — 16:26
• Book Four — 4:55

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 21:1, 21:3, 21:4, 64:4, 86:6, 124:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 26:5
• Exodus — 18:16, 18:20, 20:6
• Leviticus — 18:4, 18:5, 18:26, 18:30, 19:37, 20:8, 20:22, 26:14, 26:46
• Deuteronomy — 5:10, 11:32, 12:1
• 1 Kings — 3:14, 8:58, 9:4, 9:6, 11:11, 11:38
• 1 Chronicles — 22:13, 29:19
• 2 Chronicles — 7:17, 7:19, 30:12, 33:8, 34:31, 35:19
• Ezra (Alpha) — 8:64, 8:79
• Ezra (Beta) — 7:10
• Nehemiah — 1:7, 9:13, 9:14
• Esther — 2:20, 3:13
• Tobit — 14:9
• 1 Maccabees — 2:68, 10:14
• 3 Maccabees — 7:2, 7:11
• Psalms — 98:7
• Odes — 4:9
• Isaiah — 24:5, 26:9
• Ezekiel — 20:11, 20:24, 20:25, 43:11, 43:18, 44:5, 44:24
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 9:4, 9:12, 9:25, 10:15, 12:4, 12:9
• Amos — 2:4
• Malachi — 4:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΡΟΣΤΑ — command, an order, an ordinance, a decree, a precept
• ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑ — commandment, command, ordinance, decree, a commandment, an ordinance
• ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑΣΙ — to a command, to a decree, to an ordinance, to an order
• ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑΣΙΝ — commands, ordinances, decrees, precepts
• ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑΤΙ — to a command, to an order, to a decree, to an ordinance
• ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑΤΟΣ — of a command, of an order, of a decree, of an ordinance
• ΠΡΟΣΤΑΓΜΑΤΩΝ — of commands, of ordinances, of decrees, of statutes

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