G29Greekcompel (to go)
compel (to go)
properly, to be a courier, i.e., (by implication) to press into public service
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Detailed Definition
- 1to employ a courier, dispatch a mounted messenger, press into public service, compel to go
Etymology & Derivation
of foreign origin (compare h0104)
Scholarly Notes
in persia, mounted couriers were kept at regular intervals throughout persia for carrying the royal dispatches.