Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to direct
Usage: συν-τάσσω [in LXX chiefly for צָוָה pi. ;] to prescribe, ordain, arrange: with dative of person(s), Mat.21:6 26:19 27:10" (LXX) .† (AS)
Syntasso means “appoint” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4929 — mishmar (“guard”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4929 συντάσσω (suntasso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. suntasso (soon-tas'-so) v. 1. to arrange jointly 2. (figuratively) to direct It has 126 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include appointed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
suntasso (soon-tas'-so) v. 1. to arrange jointly 2. (figuratively) to direct [from G4862 and G5021] KJV: appoint Root(s): G4862, G5021
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to direct
Usage: συν-τάσσω [in LXX chiefly for צָוָה pi. ;] to prescribe, ordain, arrange: with dative of person(s), Mat.21:6 26:19 27:10" (LXX) .† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render suntasso, 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 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, 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 G4929 (συντάσσω) appears 125 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.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
107 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.
16 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and by him they were delivered to Sheshbazzar the governor of Judea.
Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.
Then the king wrote back again to Rehum the storywriter, to Beltethmus, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest that were in commission, and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phoenicia, after this manner;
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4929.
For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.
And Pharaoh gave orders to the taskmasters of the people and the accountants, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord appointed.
And the children of Israel did as Moses commanded them, and they asked of the Egyptians articles of silver and gold and apparel.
This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, an omer for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow lodgers.
And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it.
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an omer with manna, to be laid up for your generations; that they may see the bread which ye ate in the wilderness, when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt.
as the Lord commanded Moses: and Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept.
And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.
And do thou charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee refined pure olive oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn continually
And I have appointed him and Oholiab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and to everyone understanding in heart I have given understanding; and they shall make all things as many as I have appointed thee—
Do thou also charge the children of Israel, saying, Take heed and keep my Sabbaths; for they are a sign with me and among you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you.
And Moses hewed two tables of stone, as also the first were; and Moses having arisen early, went up to the Mount Sinai, as the Lord appointed him; and Moses took the two tables of stone.
And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord has appointed you, saying,
And every man that is wise in heart among you, let him come and work all things whatsoever the Lord has commanded.
they the children of Israel brought an offering to the Lord.
And Bezalel wrought, and Oholiab and everyone wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed.
And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance too great in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed them to do.
And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.
They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses;
and he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.
And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with a string of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.
a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses.
and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the miter above, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And this was the construction of the tabernacle of witness, accordingly as it was appointed to Moses; so that the public service should belong to the Levites, through Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
And Bezalel the son of Uri of the tribe of Judah, did as the Lord commanded Moses.
And he made the laver, that at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whensoever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.
and the brazen appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness.
Whatsoever things the Lord appointed Moses, so did the children of Israel make all the furniture.
And Moses saw all the works; and they had done them all as the Lord commanded Moses, so had they made them; and Moses blessed them.
And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on it the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And he put on it the showbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and he burned on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses did as the Lord appointed him, and he assembled the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
And he put the miter on his head, and put upon the miter in front the golden plate, the most holy thing, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses brought the sons of Aaron near, and put on them coats and girded them with girdles, and put on them bonnets, as the Lord commanded Moses.
But the calf, and his hide, and his flesh, and his dung, he burned with fire without the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh in the tent of the tabernacle of witness in the holy place; and there ye shall eat it and the loaves in the basket of consecration, as it has been appointed me, the Lord saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat them.
And Aaron and his sons performed all these commands which the Lord commanded Moses.
And Aaron separated the breast and the right shoulder as a choice offering before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
They shall bring the shoulder of the choice offering, and the breast of the separation upon the burnt offerings of the fat, to separate for a separation before the Lord; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for thee and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as the Lord commanded Moses.
For the blood of it was not brought into the holy place: ye shall eat it within, before the Lord, as the Lord commanded me.
then the priest shall give directions, and one shall wash that on which there may have been the plague, and the priest shall set it aside a second time for seven days.
And this shall be to you a perpetual statute to make atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins: it shall be done once in the year, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones: and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
as the Lord commanded Moses, so they were numbered in the wilderness of Sinai.
And the children of Israel did all things that the Lord commanded Moses; thus they encamped in their order, and thus they began their march in succession each according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families.
And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.
And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
He reviewed them by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses, appointing each man severally over their respective work, and over their burdens; and they were numbered, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses.
And afterward the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
on the fourteenth day of the first month in the wilderness of Sinai, as the Lord appointed Moses, so the children of Israel did.
as the Lord appointed you by the hand of Moses, from the day which the Lord appointed you and forward throughout your generations,
And all the congregation brought him forth out of the camp; and all the congregation stoned him with stones outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
This is the constitution of the law, as the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them take for thee a red heifer without spot, which has no spot on her, and on which no yoke has been put.
And Moses took his rod which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded.
And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and took him up to Mount Hor, before all the congregation.
This is the numbering from twenty years old and upward as the Lord commanded Moses. And the sons of Israel that came out of Egypt are as follows:
And if there be no brethren of his father, ye shall give the inheritance to his nearest relation of his tribe, to inherit his possessions; and this shall be to the children of Israel an ordinance of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And he laid his hands on him, and appointed him as the Lord ordered Moses.
And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded.
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of the host that came from the battle array, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;
And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the fiftieth part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to the Levites cities to dwell in from the lot of their possession, and they shall give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them.
and they said, The Lord commanded our lord to render the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord appointed our lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
This is the thing which the Lord has appointed the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry where they please, only let them marry men of their father’s tribe.
As the Lord commanded Moses, so did they to the daughters of Zelophehad.
Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord our God, which he made with you, and ye transgress, and make to yourselves a graven image of any of the things concerning which the Lord thy God commanded thee.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out thence with a mighty hand, and a high arm: therefore the Lord appointed thee to keep the Sabbath day and to sanctify it.
and charge them; and ye shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve fit stones, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where ye shall encamp for the night.
And the children of Israel did so, as the Lord commanded Joshua; and they took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan (as the Lord commanded Joshua, when the children of Israel had completely passed over), and carried these stones with them into the camp, and laid them down there.
Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.
And he hanged the king of Ai on a gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.
therefore we did this thing.
And Joshua took all the cities of the kingdoms, and their kings, and slew them with the edge of the sword; and utterly slew them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, even so Moses commanded Joshua; and so Joshua did, he transgressed no precept of all that Moses commanded him.
And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Timnath-serah in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Gilead:
If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; And the stars are not pure before him.
Commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, And the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.
And he will carry round the encircling clouds by his governance, to perform their works: Whatsoever he shall command them,
Or did I order the morning light in thy time; And did the morning star then first see his appointed place;
So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Minaean, Went and did as the Lord commanded them: And he pardoned their sin for the sake of Job.
Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust.
I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfill my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting.
There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.
Hast thou not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed them from ancient times; but now have I manifested my purpose of desolating nations in their strongholds, and them that dwell in strong cities.
Thus said the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord’s house, and thou shalt declare to all the Jews, and to all that come to worship in the house of the Lord, all the words which I commanded thee to speak to them; abate not one word.
And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had ceased speaking all that the Lord had ordered him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the false prophets and all the people took him, saying,
And thou shalt commission them to say to their lords, Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to your lords;
because of the iniquity which they wrought in Israel, and because they committed adultery with the wives of their fellow citizens, and spoke a word in my name, which I did not command them to speak, and I am witness, saith the Lord.
And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, Thus saith the Lord Almighty;
And they built to Baal the altars that are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer their sons and their daughters to King Molech; which things I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Behold, I will give command, saith the Lord, and will bring them back to this land; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire, and the cities of Judah; and I will make them desolate without inhabitants.
Then the king commanded, and they cast him into the prison, and gave him a loaf a day out of the place where they bake, until the bread failed out of the city. So Jeremiah continued in the court of the prison.
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
and by him they were delivered to Sheshbazzar the governor of Judea.
Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.
Then the king wrote back again to Rehum the storywriter, to Beltethmus, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest that were in commission, and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phoenicia, after this manner;
By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?
and he ranged them, as a great army is ordered for the war.
And the children of Israel did as Joakim the high priest had commanded them, with the ancients of all the people of Israel, which dwelt at Jerusalem.
And these words pleased Holofernes and all his servants, and he appointed to do as they had spoken.
And she said unto them, Command the gates of the city to be opened unto me, that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof ye have spoken with me. So they commanded the young men to open unto her, as she had spoken.
Then he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set; and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and that she should drink of his own wine.
And when he had built up Kedron, he set horsemen there, and a host of footmen, to the end that issuing out they might make outroads upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him.
Then swelling with anger, he thought to avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore commanded he his chariot man to drive without ceasing, and to dispatch the journey, the judgment of God now following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem, and make it a common burying place of the Jews.
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Syntasso (Strong's G4929) is a Greek word most simply glossed "appoint". suntasso (soon-tas'-so) v. 1. to arrange jointly 2. (figuratively) to direct
This page currently indexes 126 linked usages for Strong's G4929 across 20 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4929 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as appointed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 107 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 16 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4929, with linked reader references where each row is available.