Quick Definition
διάταγμα, ατος, τό n.n. a mandate, decree
Strong's Definition
an arrangement, i.e. (authoritative) edict
Derivation: from G1299 (διατάσσω);
KJV Usage: commandment
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διάταγμα diatagma 1x
a mandate, commandment, ordinance, Heb. 11:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† διά-ταγμα, -τος, τό
(< διατάσσω), [in LXX: II Es 7:11 (נִשְׁתְּוָן), Es 3:13, Wi 11:7 * ;]
an edict, mandate: He 11:23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διάταγμα was in Imperial times the technical term for an ‘‘ edict,” see e.g. P Giss I. 4οἵϊ 8 (A.D. 212) where Caracalla refers to the words προτέρου διατάγματος, in which his χάρις had been displayed: cf. also P Oxy VIII. rroo* (A.D. 206), 1101} (A.)p. 367-70) of the edicts of Praefects, and numerous exx. in OG/S, as 458° (c. B.C. 9) κατά te τὸ Παύλου Φαβίου Μαξίμου τοῦ ἀνθυπάτου διάταγμα. The word is used of a ‘‘testamentary disposition” in P Oxy X. 1282?? (A.D. 83) καθ᾽ ὃ ἔθετο ὁ ΤΤαποντῶς ὁπότε περιῆν διάταγμα, “‘in accordance with the disposition made by Papontos in his lifetime” (Edd.)—the constr. is mixed. Cf. BGU I. 140” (A.D. I19—so Mitteis Chres¢. II. p. 424) ἐξ ἐκείνου τοῦ pé[plous τοῦ διατάγματος, and see above under διαταγή. For διάταξις, which is not found in the NT but ten times in the LXX, we may cité BGU I. 180° (ii/a.p.) παρὰ δὴ ταύτην τὴν [δι]άτ[αἼξιν ἐϊ γὼ] ἐπηρεάσθην μ[ε]τὰ διετίαν τῆς [ἀπο]λύσεως KTA., P Par 605. 18 (acts of Alexander Severus— A.D. 233) at γὰρ θεῖαι διατάξεις, and similarly of Imperial decrees in BGU IV. 1022° (Hadrian), P Flor III. 3827-30 αἱ (A.D. 222-3), P Strass I. 2218 (iii/a.D.), etc.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διάταγμα (diatagma) — edict. διά-ταγμα, ατος, τό, ordinance, edict, [NT+1st c.BC+] = Latin edictum, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; = Latin formula, [Refs]; testamentary disposition, [Refs 1st c.AD+]