τάξις, -ews, ἡ, (τάσσω), fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down; 1. an arranging, arrangement. 2. order, i.e. a fixed succession observing also a fixed time: Lk. i. 8. 3. due or right order: κατὰ τάξιν, in order, 1 Co. xiv. 40; orderly condition, Col. ii. 5 [some give it here a military sense, ‘ orderly array’, see στερέωμα, C.]. 4. the post, rank, or position which gne holds in civil or other affairs; and since this position generally depends on one’s talents, experience, resources, τάξις becomes equiv. to character, Sashion, quality, style, (2 Mace. ix. 18; i. 19; οὐ yap ἱστορίας, ἀλλὰ κουρεακῆς λαλιᾶς ἐμοὶ δοκοῦσι τάξιν ἔχειν, Polyb. 3, 20, 5): κατὰ τὴν τάξιν (for which in vii. 15 we have κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα) Μελχισεδέκ, after the manner TATrELVOW of the priesthood ΓΑ. V. order] of Melchizedek (acc. to the Sept. of Ps. cix. (ex.) ὅ *N735-5y), Heb. ν. 6, 10; vi. 20; vii. 11, 17, 21 (where T Tr WH om. the phrase).

τάξις taxis 9x

order, regular disposition, arrangement; order, series, succession, Lk. 1:8; an order, distinctive class, as of priests, Heb. 5:6, 10; 6:20; 7:11(2x), 17; order, good order, 1 Cor. 14:40; orderliness, well-regulated conduct, Col. 2:5*

τάξις, -εως, ἡ

(< τάσσω), [in LXX: Jb 38:12 (מָקוֹם), Ps 109 (110):4 (דִּבְרָה), II Mac 9:18, al. ;]

an arranging, hence, in military sense, disposition of an army, battle array (Thuc., al.).

arrangement, order (Plat., al): Lk 1:8.

due order: Col 2:5 (ICC, in l.); κατὰ τάξιν, I Co 14:40.

office, order (for exx., v. MM, xxiv): He 5:6 (LXX), 10 6:20 7:11, 17 (LXX).†

τάξις. (1) With Heb 5° κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ cf. the use of τάξις for a priestly ‘‘ office” in P Tebt II. 2978 (c. A.D. 123) ὃς ἀπήνγ[ειϊλεν τὴν τάξιν ὡς ὀφείλουσαν πραθῆναι, ‘‘who reported that the office ought to be sold” (Edd.). Cf. Diod. Sic. ili. 6 οἱ περὶ τὰς τῶν θεῶν θεραπείας διατρίβοντες ἱερεῖς, μεγίστην καὶ κυριωτάτην τάξιν ἔχοντες. Similarly of the post of water-guard in 2d. 393*° (A.D. 150) τὴν ἐπιβάλλουσαν τῷ ὁμολογοῦντι Νείλῳ τάξιν τῆς [προ]κιμένης ὑδροφυλακίας, ‘the post of water-guard as aforesaid, which belongs to the contracting party Nilus” (Edd.). In OG/S 69° the word is used of ‘‘ garrisons” —fyehov τῶν ἔξω τάξεων. Related exx. are—P Oxy VIII. 1120° (early iii/A.D.) βιβλείδια ἐπιδέδωκα ταῖς τάξεσι κατὰ τοῦ ὑβρίσαντος αὐτὸν Εἰὐδαίμονος, ‘I presented to the officials a petition against the perpetrator, Eudaemon” (Ed.), 26. XIV. 16709 (iii/A.D.) αἰπὶ (Δ ἐπεὶ) δὲ εἰς τὴν τάξειν TOD καθολικοῦ παρεδόθημεν, ‘when we were handed over to the staff of the catholicus”’ (Edd.), 74. IX. 120417 (A.D. 299) ὑπηρετούμενος τῇ σῇ τοῦ ἐμοῦ κυρίου τάξει, ‘in obedience to your lordship’s department” (Ed.), 26. X. 1261% (a.D. 325) τάξ[ε]ως τοῦ διασημοτάτου καθολικοῦ, “οὐ the staff of the most eminent catholicus’’ (Edd.), and 126. I. 120% (iv/A.D.) μάλιστα ἐπεὶ ξένης kal παρὰ τῇ τάξι ὄντα (1. ὦν), “especially as he was a stranger to the place and was engaged at his post’ (Edd.). (2) The wordis also common = ‘‘ list,” as e.g. P Fay 2917 (A.D. 37) a notice of death, ὅπως ταγῆι τού[του] ὄν[οἹμα ἐν τῆι τῶν [τετ]ελευτηκότων Tat[eL κατὰ] τὸ ἔ[θ]ος, ‘‘ that his name may be placed upon the list of deceased persons, according to custom” (Edd.), similarly P Oxy II. 262! (A.D. 61), and PSI III. 16417 (a.p. 287), the enrolment of an ephebus ἐν τῇ τῶν ὁμηλίκων τάξει. (3) The meaning ‘‘tax,” ‘‘assessment,” is very common in our documents, but, as this particular sense is not found in the NT, a very few exx. will suffice—BGU IV. 10967 (ΠῚ A.D.) τὰ τῆς τάξεως βυβλία, ‘‘the accounts of the tax,” similarly P Lond 306᾽5 (Α.Ὁ. 145) (=II. p. 119), P Fay 3519 (A.D. 150-1) ἀναδώσομέν σοι Tas ἀποχὰς τῶν καταχωριζομένων βιβλείων τῆς τάξεως, ‘we will render to you the receipts among the documents for registration concerning the tax” (Edd.), and Osty 1165° (Rom.) ἐν τῇ αὐτίῃ) τάξει μεινάτωσαν. (4) The derived meaning of ‘‘character,” ‘‘ quality,” as in 2 Macc 918, may be supported by P Tor I. 1 ii-18 (B.C. 116) ἐμφανιστοῦ kal κατηγόρου τάξιν ἔχοντα παρακεῖσθαι, ““ννὰβ present in the character of an informer and an accuser”: cf. Polyb. iii. 20. 5 οὐ yap ἱστορίας, ἀλλὰ κουρεακῆς καὶ πανδήμου λαλιᾶς, ἐμοί ye δοκοῦσι τάξιν ἔχειν καὶ δύναμιν.

τάξις (taxis) — order. τάξις, εως, Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (τάσσω) arranging, arrangement:

I. in military sense:

I.1. drawing up in rank and file, order or disposition of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀμφὶ τάξεις rules for it, tactics, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. battle array, order of battle, κατὰ τάξιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τάξιν καθίστασθαι, ἀνάγειν,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵνα μὴ διασπασθείη ἡ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, ἀποπλῶσαι ἐκ τῆς τάξιος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.3. a single rank or line of soldiers, ἐπὶ τάξιας ὀλίγας γίγνεσθαι to be drawn up a few lines deep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.4. body of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially at Athens, the quota of infantry furnished by each φυλή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but frequently of smaller bodies, company, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of ships, squadron, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, band, company, φιλία γὰρ ἥδε τ., of the chorus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

I.4. b especially a contingent of [Refs]men, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

I.4. c in late Gr., membership of the militia palatina (compare ταξεώτης), [Refs 4th c.AD+]

I.5. post or place in the line of battle, ἀξιεύμεθα ταύτης τῆς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μένειν ἐν τῇ ἑωυτοῦ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκλιπόντας τὴν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείπειν τὴν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἡγεμὼν ἔξω τάξεων officer on the unattached list, [Refs]; so οἱ ἔξω τάξεως staff-officers, aides-de-camp, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II. generally, arrangement, order, ἡμερῶν τ. εἰς μηνῶν περιόδους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ὅλων τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; disposition, τῆς ψυχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Rhet., disposition, opposed to λέξις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὕστερον τῇ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τ. εἶναι, ={μένειν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; different from θέσις or mere position, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. θέσεως is uncertain reading in 16.709); ἡ κατὰ τ. τινὰ βασιλεία, opposed to ἀόριστος τυραννίς, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ τοῦτο κατὰ τ., ἕως.. and so on, until.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. order, regularity, εἰς τ. ἄγειν ἐκ τῆς ἀταξίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔτε νόμος οὔτε τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τάξιν ἔχειν to be regular, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τάξει in an orderly manner, [Refs 5th c.BC+], rendering of Latin ordine).

II.3. ordinance, κατὰ τὴν τ. τοῦ νόμου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ τὴν τοῦ νομοθέτου τ. [Refs]

II.3. b prescription, τὴν τοῦ λυσιτελοῦντος τοῖς σώμασι ποιεῖσθαι τ. [Refs]; recipe, conjecture in [Refs]

II.4. τ. τοῦ φόρου assessment of tribute, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν ὀφειλημάτων περὶ τῆς πράξεως [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. τῆς ὑδρείας a ration of water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.5. political order, constitution, τ. Κρητική, Λακωνική, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. metaphorically from [Refs], post, rank, position, station, ὑπὸ χθόνα τάξιν ἔχουσα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ἀκοντιζόντων τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰδία τοῦ βίου τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὴρ τῆς πρώτης τ. [Refs]; οἰκέτου τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. ἔχοντος ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐν τῇ Θετταλῶν τάξει ranging herself with the T., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐχθροῦ τ. as an enemy, [Refs]; ἐν ἐπηρείας τάξει by way of insult, [Refs]; ἀδύνατον εἶχεν τ. occupied an impossible position, i.e. was unthinkable, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἑλόμενον τάξιν πολιτεύεσθαι championship of your cause, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐγὼ τὴν τῆς εὐνοίας τ... οὐκ ἔλιπον post of patriotism, [Refs]

IV. order, class of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; function, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV.2. list, register, ὅπως ταγῇ αὐτοῦ τὸ ὄνομα ἐν τῇ τῶν τετελευτηκότων τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ τ. τῶν κατοχίμων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τ. λαογράφων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV.3. account, ἰδίας τάξεως [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

IV.4. payment, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

IV.5. category of land, κατοικικὴ τ. [Refs 1st c.AD+], cf. Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

V. reduction of hernia by manipulation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

VI. degree of heating power in drugs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

VII. treatise, ἐν τῇ ὑστέρᾳ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

VIII. fixed point of time, term, κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν ἢ κατά τινα ἄλλην τ. ἢ χρόνον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; end (or perhaps date fixed for the end), μέχρι τάξεως αὐτῆς τῆς τρύγης [Refs 4th c.AD+]