King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1379
Transliteration: dogmatizō
Phonetic Spelling: (dog-mat-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to decree, to subject oneself to an ordinance
Meaning: to decree, to subject oneself to an ordinance
δογματίζω: to decree, command, enjoin, lay down an ordinance: Diodorus 4, 83, etc.; Esther 3:9; 2 Macc. 10:8 (etc.); the Sept. (not Theod.) Daniel 2:13; passive (present δογματίζομαι); ordinances are imposed upon me, I suffer ordinances to be imposed upon me: Colossians 2:20 (R. V. do ye subject yourselves to ordinances; 150, Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a.; Buttmann, 188 (163) Meyer or Lightfoot at the passage).
Word Summary
dogmatizō: to decree, to subject oneself to an ordinance
Original Word: δογματίζωTransliteration: dogmatizō
Phonetic Spelling: (dog-mat-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to decree, to subject oneself to an ordinance
Meaning: to decree, to subject oneself to an ordinance
Strong's Concordance
be subject to ordinances. From dogma; to prescribe by statute, i.e. (reflexively) to submit to, ceremonially rule -- be subject to ordinances.
see GREEK dogma
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1379: δογματίζωδογματίζω: to decree, command, enjoin, lay down an ordinance: Diodorus 4, 83, etc.; Esther 3:9; 2 Macc. 10:8 (etc.); the Sept. (not Theod.) Daniel 2:13; passive (present δογματίζομαι); ordinances are imposed upon me, I suffer ordinances to be imposed upon me: Colossians 2:20 (R. V. do ye subject yourselves to ordinances; 150, Winers Grammar, § 39, 1 a.; Buttmann, 188 (163) Meyer or Lightfoot at the passage).