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τάξιςStrong’s G5010

taxis

Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament

In short

Taxis is the Greek word usually translated “order” and “good order”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.

“And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,”
Luke 1:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “order” and “good order”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • order 9
  • good order 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 6
  • Luke 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1
  • Colossians 1

4 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 9 verses, by book
Luke 1
1:8
1 Corinthians 1
14:40
Colossians 1
2:5
Greek dictionary

τάξις taxis · order

τάξις, -εως, ἡ (τάσσω), [in LXX: Job.38:12 (מָקוֹם), Psa.110:4 (דִּבְרָה), 2Ma.9:18, al. ;] 1. an arranging, hence, in military sense, disposition of an army, battle array (Thuc., al.). 2. arrangement, order (Plat., al): Luk.1:8. 3. due order: Col.2:5 (ICC, in l); κατὰ τάξιν, 1Co.14:40. 4. office, order (for exx., see MM, xxiv): Heb.5:6 (LXX), Heb.5:6 6:20 7:11, 17" (LXX) .† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “order” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

OR'DER, noun

[Latin ordo.]

  1. Regular disposition or methodical arrangement of things; a word of extensive application; as the order of troops or parade; the order of books in a library; the order of proceedings in a legislative assembly. order is the life of business.
  2. Proper state; as the muskets are all in good order When the bodily organs are in order a person is in health; when they are out of order he is indisposed.
  3. Adherence to the point in discussion, according to established rules of debate; as, the member is not in order that is, he wanders from the question.
  4. Established mode of proceeding.
All definitions and other forms of “order”
  1. Regularity; settled mode of operation.
  2. Mandate; precept; command; authoritative direction.
  3. Rule; regulation; as the rules and orders of a legislative house.
  4. Regular government or discipline.
  5. Rank; class; division of men; as the order of nobles; the order of priests; the higher orders of society; men of the lowest order; order of knights; military orders, etc.
  6. A religious fraternity; as the order of Benedictines.
  7. A division of natural objects, generally intermediate between class and genus.
  8. Measures; care.
  9. In rhetoric, the placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty of expression, or to the clear illustration of the subject.
  10. The title of certain ancient books containing the divine office and manner of its performance.
  11. In architecture, a system of several members, ornaments and proportions of columns and pilasters; or a regular arrangement of the projecting parts of a building, especially of the columns, so as to form one beautiful whole.

OR'DER, verb transitive

  1. To regulate; to methodize; to systemize; to adjust; to subject to system in management and execution; as, to order domestic affairs with prudence.
  2. To lead; to conduct; to subject to rules or laws.“To him that ordereth his conversation aright, will I show the salvation of God” Psalms 50:23
  3. to direct; to command. the general ordered his troops to advance.
  4. To manage; to treat.“How shall we order the child?” Judges 13:12
  5. To ordain. [Not used.]
  6. To direct; to dispose in any particular manner.“Order my steps in thy word” Psalms 119:133

OR'DER, verb intransitive

to give command or direction.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.