Epitage means “authority” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2003 — hamac (“melting”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2003 ἐπιταγή (epitage) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epitage (ep-ee-tag-ay') n. 1. an injunction or decree 2. (by implication) authoritativeness It has 13 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include commandment and authority. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
epitage (ep-ee-tag-ay') n. 1. an injunction or decree 2. (by implication) authoritativeness [from G2004] KJV: authority, commandment Root(s): G2004
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2003. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
command
Usage: ἐπι-ταγή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐπιτάσσω), [in LXX: Dan LXX 3:16 (פִּתְגָּם), I Est.1:18, Wis.14:16 18:16 19:6, 3Ma.7:20 * ;] = cl., ἐπίταγμα, a command, Rom.16:26, 1Co.7:6 7:25, 2Co.8:8, 1Ti.1:1, Tit.1:3 (for use in Inscr. of divine commands, see MM, Exp., xiv); μετὰ πάσης ἐ, with all authority: Tit.2:15.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epitage, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2003 (ἐπιταγή) appears 6 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
7 indexed usages in New Testament.
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Moreover the porters were at every gate; it was not lawful for any to go from his ordinary service: for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
These they registered as sacred upon a pillar, when they had dedicated the place of their festivity to be one of prayer. They departed unharmed, free, abundant in joy, preserved by the king’s command, by land, by sea, and by river, each to his own home.
Whom men could not honor in presence, because they dwelt far off, They took the counterfeit of his visage from far, And made an express image of a king whom they honored, To the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
And all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they accomplish for Him, and their tasks change not, but according as God hath ordained so is it done.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2003.
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
Moreover the porters were at every gate; it was not lawful for any to go from his ordinary service: for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
These they registered as sacred upon a pillar, when they had dedicated the place of their festivity to be one of prayer. They departed unharmed, free, abundant in joy, preserved by the king’s command, by land, by sea, and by river, each to his own home.
Whom men could not honor in presence, because they dwelt far off, They took the counterfeit of his visage from far, And made an express image of a king whom they honored, To the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.
Thine Almighty word leaped from heaven out of thy royal throne, As a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,
For the whole creature in his proper kind was fashioned again anew, Serving the peculiar commandments that were given unto them, That thy children might be kept without hurt:
And all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they accomplish for Him, and their tasks change not, but according as God hath ordained so is it done.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2003, grouped by book.
Epitage (Strong's G2003) is a Greek word most simply glossed "authority". epitage (ep-ee-tag-ay') n. 1. an injunction or decree 2. (by implication) authoritativeness
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G2003 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2003 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as commandment and authority. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2003, with linked reader references where each row is available.