G2003

ἐπιταγή

epitagēG:N-F

command

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 KJV translates G2003 in the following manner:

commandment (12x), authority (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐπιταγή — epitagḗ

ἐπιταγή, ἐπιταγῆς, ἡ (ἐπιτάσσω), an injunction, mandate, command: Rom 16:26; 1Co 7:25; 1Ti 1:1; Tit 1:3; μετά πάσης ἐπιταγῆς, with every possible form of authority, Tit 2:15; κατ' ἐπιταγήν, by way of command, 1Co 7:6; 2Co 8:8. (Wis 14:16, etc.; Polybius, Diodorus.)

6 occurrences

I Corinthians (2), II Corinthians (1), I Timothy (1), Titus (2)