Quick Definition
τάγμα, ατος, τό n.n. rank, division
Strong's Definition
from 5021; something orderly in arrangement (a troop), i.e. (figuratively) a series or succession
KJV Usage: order
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | τάσσω
62.7 · Arrange, Organize · Organize [of events and states]
right order, good order, in order, in an orderly manner a proper and correct order
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τάγμα, -ros, τό, (τάσσωλ); been arranged, thing placed in order. a. pron. that which has b. spec. a body 1 of soldiers, a corps: 2 8. xxiii. 13; Xen. mem. 3, 1, 11; often in Polyb.; Diod. 17, 80; Joseph. b.j. 1, 9,1; 3, 4, 2; [esp. for the Roman ‘legio’ (exx. in Soph. Lex. s. v. 8)]; hence univ. a band, troop, class: ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι (the same words occur in Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 37, 3 and 41, 1), 1 Co. xv. 23, where Paul specifies several distinct bands or classes of those raised from the dead [A. V. order. Of the ‘order’ of the Essenes in Joseph. Ὁ. j. 2, 8, 3. 8).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τάγμα tagma 1x
pr. anything placed in order; in NT order of succession, class, group, 1 Cor. 15:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τάγμα, -τος, τό
(< τάσσω), [in LXX chiefly for דֶּגֶל, also for חַיָּה, רַגְלִי ;]
that which has been arranged or placed in order; esp. as military term, a company, troop, division, rank: metaph., I Co 15:23 (v. ICC, in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τάγμα. For τάγμα = “company, troop ᾿᾿ in a military sense, see BGU IV. 1190! (late Ptol.) €]k τοῦ τάγματος αὐτοῦ : cf. 1 Cor 152% and Epicurus I. 71 φύσεως καθ᾽ ἑαυτὰ τάγμα ἔχοντα, ““having in themselves a place in the ranks of material existence’’ (Bailey). Other exx. of the word are P Oxy IX. 120218 (A.D. 217) my son being ἐκ τοῦ τάγματος τοῦ παρ᾽ ἡμεῖν γυμνασίου, ‘on the roll of the gymnasium,” zd. X. 1252 verso** (A.D. 288-95) τὸ τάγμα τὸ τῶν γυμνασιάρχων, and 2. VI. 89115 (a.D. 294) τὰ δὲ ἀναλώματα ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ τάγματος δοθῆναι, “‘while the expenses should be paid by the whole body of those belonging to the order (of exegetae)’’ (Edd.). »» κε
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τάγμα (tagma) — order. τάγμα, ατος, τό, (τάσσω) ordinance, command, νόμου τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ δυοῖν τ. from a combination of two ordinances, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. fixed assessment or payment, [Refs]
III. body of soldiers, division, brigade, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. b = Latin manipulus, [Refs]
III. c = Latin legio, legion, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV. order, rank, [Refs]; βουλευτικὸν τ. [Refs]; τὸ τ. τῶν γυμνασιάρχων [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τοῦ πρώτου τ. [Refs 1st c.AD+] as adverb, [Refs]
V. generally, arrangement, of footprints, τίς ὁ τρόπος τοῦ τ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; row of bricks, uncertain in [Refs 7th c.BC+]
V.2. status, φύσεως τάγμα ἔχειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; function, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐν τ. γενόμενοι with infinitive, being in a position to.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]