Ordinance - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Ordinance
[ A-1,Noun,G1345, dikaioma ]See JUSTIFICATION, No. 2.
[ A-2,Noun,G1296, diatage ]
is translated ordinances," in Romans 13:2. See DISPOSITION.
[ A-3,Noun,G1378, dogma ]
is translated "ordinances" in Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14. See DECREE.
[ A-4,Noun,G2937, ktisis ]
"a creation, creature," is translated "ordinance" in 1 Peter 2:13. See CREATE, B, No. 1.
Note: In 1 Corinthians 11:2, AV, paradosis, "a tradition" (marg., and RV, "traditions"), is translated "ordinances." See TRADITION.
[ B-1,Verb,G1379, dogmatizo ]
akin to A, No. 3, "to decree," signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to subject oneself to an ordinance," Colossians 2:20. In the Sept., Esther 3:9; in some texts, Daniel 2:13, Daniel 2:15.