Definition

to arrange thoroughly, i.e. (specially) institute, prescribe, etc.

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and G5021 (τάσσω);

Word family

• διά diá
• τάσσω tássō

How the KJV renders it

• appoint
• command
• give
• (set in) order
• ordain

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.