Greek noun (feminine) · G5010
τάξις
taxistax'-is
an arranging, hence, in military sense, disposition of an army, battle array (Th; arrangement, order; due order; office, order
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: táxis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5010is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5010
regular arrangement, i.e. (in time) fixed succession (of rank or character), official dignity
The King James renders it: order.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
taxis is rendered "an arranging, hence, in military sense, disposition of an army, battle array (Th; arrangement, order; due order; office, order". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Six of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "an arranging, hence, in military sense, disposition of an army, battle array (Th".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:8One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
Luke 1:8τάξει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's nine uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: an arranging, hence, in military sense, disposition of an army, battle array (Th, and arrangement, order, and due order, and office, order.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| an arranging, hence, in military sense, disposition of an army, battle array (Th | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 1:8One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, |
| arrangement, order | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 1:8One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, |
| due orderCol.2:5 (ICC, in l); κατὰ τάξιν, 1Co.14:40. | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 14:40But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner. |
| office, orderfor exx. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereHebrews 5:6And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- τάξιν8
- τάξει1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular8N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
Luke
one use
One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
- τάξειtaxeinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: order
1 Corinthians
one use
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
- τάξινtaxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: order
Colossians
one use
For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
- τάξινtaxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: good order
Hebrews
six uses
And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- τάξινtaxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: order
and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
- τάξινtaxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: order
where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- τάξινtaxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: order
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- τάξινtaxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: order
- τάξινtaxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: order
For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- τάξινtaxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: order
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.