Quick Definition
I give order, command
Strong's Definition
to arrange upon, i.e. order
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G5021 (τάσσω);
KJV Usage: charge, command, injoin
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιτάσσω; 1 aorist ἐπέταξα; (τάσσω); to enjoin upon, order, command, charge: absolutely, Luk_14:22; τίνι, Mar_1:27; Mar_9:25; Luk_4:36; Luk_8:25; τίνι τό ἀνῆκον, Phm_1:8; τίνι followed by the infinitive, Mar_6:39; Luk_8:31; Act_23:2; followed by an accusative and infinitive Mar_6:27; followed by direct discourse, Mar_9:25. (Several times in the Sept.; Greek writings from Herodotus down.) (Synonym: see κελεύω, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιτάσσω epitassō 10x
with dat., to set over or upon; to enjoin, charge, Mar_1:27 ; Mar_6:39 ; Luk_4:36 command; order.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι -τάσσω ,
[in LXX for H559 , H6680 , etc.;]
to command, charge: c . acc rei , Luk_14:22 ; c. dat. pers ., Mar_1:27 ; Mar_9:25 , Luk_4:36 ; Luk_8:25 ; id . c . acc rei , Phm_1:8 ; id . c . inf ., Mar_6:39 , Luk_8:31 , Act_23:2 ; id . c . imperat., Mar_9:25 ; c . acc et inf ., Mar_6:27 .†
SYN.: κελεύω G2753 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιτάσσω [page 247]
P Eleph 13 .4 (B.C. 223) ὁ δὲ ἐπήινει μόνον , ἐπέταξεν δ᾽ οὐθέν , P Tebt I. 59 .9 (B.C. 99) ἐπιτάσσοντές μοι προθυμότερον διὰ τὸ ἄνωθεν φοβεῖσθαι καὶ σέβεσθαι τὸ ἱερόν , P Oxy II. 294 .21 (A.D. 22) (= Selections , p. 35) ὡς ἐπέταξεν ὁ ἡγεμών , ib. 275 .11 (A.D. 66) (= Selections , p. 55) ποιο [ῦ ]ντα πάντα τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα αὐτῷ of an apprentixe, ib. XII. 1480 .6 (A.D. 32) οὐκ ἠμέλησα περὶ οὗ μοι ἐπιτέταχας , I did not neglect your instructions (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπιτάσσω attic -ττω fut. ξω "to put upon" one "as a duty, to enjoin", τί τινι Hdt. , etc.:—c. dat. pers. et inf. "to order" one "to" do, id=Hdt. , attic:—absol. "to impose commands", Thuc. ; τινί on one, Soph. :—Pass. with fut. mid. -τάξομαι, aor1 -ετάχθην, perf. -τέταγμαι:— "to accept orders, submit to commands", Eur. , Ar. ; c. acc. rei, Thuc. :—of things, "to be ordered", ὁ στρατὸς ὁ ἐπιταχθεὶς ἑκάστοισι Hdt. ; τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα "orders given", id=Hdt. "to place next or beside", id=Hdt. , Xen. :— Mid., τοὺς ἱππέας ἐπετάξαντο "they had" the cavalry "placed next", Thuc. "to place behind", c. gen., Hdt. : absol. "to place in reserve", Plut. :—Mid., Xen. "to set in command over", οἱ ἐπιτεταγμένοι "set as guards over" the waggons, Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-τάσσω
[in LXX for אָמַר, צָוָה, etc. ;]
to command, charge: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.14:22; with dative of person(s), Mrk.1:27 9:25, Luk.4:36 8:25; id. with accusative of thing(s), Phm 8; id. with inf., Mrk.6:39, Luk.8:31, Act.23:2; id. with imperat., Mrk.9:25; with accusative and inf., Mrk.6:27.†
SYN.: κελεύω (AS)