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Variously signifying, according to six Hebrew and as many Greek originals: (1) “to command†(; the King James Version, Ï€ÏοσταÌσσω, prostaÌssoÌ„); (2) “to prescribe†or “order†(); (3) “to consecrate,†and so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (; compare ); (4) εἶπον, eıÌpon, “to say†or “tell†(); (5) “to call†i.e. “invite†(καλεÌω, kaleÌoÌ„), conspicuously used in this sense in Christ's parables of the Marriage Feast (-9) and of the Great Supper (Lk 14:7-24); (6) “to take leave of,†ἀποταÌσσω, appotaÌssoÌ„ ().