Quick Definition
τάσσω v. I assign, arrange
Strong's Definition
a prolonged form of a primary verb (which latter appears only in certain tenses); to arrange in an orderly manner, i.e. assign or dispose (to a certain position or lot)
KJV Usage: addict, appoint, determine, ordain, set
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | pf.inf. τεταχέναι · pf.pass. τέταγμαι · 3sg. τέτακται | ἀνατάσσομαι · ἀντιτάσσομαι · ἀνυπότακτος · ἀποτάσσομαι · ἀτακτέω · ἄτακτος · ἀτάκτως · διαταγή · διάταγμα · διατάσσω · ἐπιδιατάσσομαι · ἐπιταγή · ἐπιτάσσω · προστάσσω · συντάσσω · τάγμα · τακτός · τάξις · ὑποταγή · ὑποτάσσω
37.96 · Control, Rule · Assign to a Role or Function
to appoint, to designate, to assign, to give a task to to assign someone to a particular task, function, or role Though τάσσω in ACT 13:48 has sometimes been interpreted as meaning ‘to choose,’ there seems to be far more involved than merely a matter of selection, since a relationship is specifically assigned.
13.13 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State
to cause to be, to be placed to cause someone to be in a state involving an order or arrangement
33.325 · Communication · Command, Order
to order, to instruct, to tell, to command to give detailed instructions as to what must be done
33.346 · Communication · Recommend, Propose
to propose, to suggest to propose something to someone It is also possible to understand τάσσω in ACT 28:23 as meaning ‘to arrange,’ but in ACT 28:23 it would seem that τάσσω implies not only proposing a date but obtaining an agreement.
68.69 · Aspect · Do Intensely or Extensively
to do with devotion, to give oneself to to do something with devotion, with the possible implication of systematic, regular activity
1 The meanings of τάσσω[c], συντάσσω, προστάσσω[a], ἐπιτάσσω, and διατάσσω[a] no doubt differ somewhat, particularly in connotation, but it is not possible to determine this from existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τάσσω: 1 aor. ἔταξα ; pf. inf. τεταχέναι (Acts xviii. 2 T Tr mrg.); Pass., pres. ptep. τασσόμενος ; pf. 3 pers. sing. τέτακται, ptep. τεταγμένος ; 1 aor, mid. ἐταξάμην ; fr. [Pind., Aeschyl.], Hdt. down ; Sept. for DY, and occasionally for [D2, 7%, mw, etc.; to put in place; to station ; a. to place in a certain order (Xen. mem. 3, 1,7 [9]), to arrange, to assign a place, to appoint: τινά, pass. αἱ ἐξουσίαι ὑπὸ θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν [A. V. ordained 1, Ro. xiii. 1; [καιρούς, Acts xvii. 26 Lehm.]; ἑαυτὸν els διακονίαν τινί, to consecrate [R. V. set] one’s self to minister unto one, 1 Co. xvi. 15 (ἐπὶ τὴν διακονίαν, Plat. de rep. 2 p. 371 ¢.; els τὴν δουλείαν, Xen. mem. 2, 1, 11); ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι els ζωὴν αἰώνιον, aS Many as were appointed [A. V. ordained] (by God) to obtain eternal life, or to whom God had decreed eternal life, Acts xiii. 48; τινὰ ὑπό τινα, to put one under another’s control [A. V. set wnder], pass., Mt. viii. 9 L WH in br., cod. Sin.; Lk. vii. 8, (ὑπό τινα, Polyb. 3, 16, 3; 5, 65, 7; Diod. 2, 26,8; 4,9, 5); τινί τι, to assign (appoint) a thing to one, pass. Acts xxii. 10 (Xen. de rep. Lac. 11, 6). b. to appoint, ordain, order: foll. by the acc. with inf., Acts xv. 2; [xviii. 2T Tr mrg.]; (foll. by an inf., Xen. Hier. 10, 4; Cyr. 4, ὅ, 11). Mid. (as often in Grk. writ.) prop. to appoint on one’s own responsibility or authority : οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς sc. πορεύεσθαι, Mt, xxviii. 16 ; to appoint mutually, i. 6. agree upon: ἡμέραν (Polyb. 18, 19, 1, etc.), Acts xxviii. 28. [Comp.: ἀνα- (-μαι), ἀντι-, dro-, d1a-, ἐπι-δια-(- μαι), ἐπι-, Tpo-, προσ-, συν-, ὑπο- τάσσω. Syn. see κελεύω, fin.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τάσσω tassō 8x
to arrange; to set, appoint, in a certain station, Lk. 7:8; Rom. 13:1; to set, devote, to a pursuit, 1 Cor. 16:15; to dispose, frame, for an object, Acts 13:48; to arrange, appoint, place or time, Mt. 28:16; Acts 28:23; to allot, assign, Acts 22:10; to settle, decide, Acts 15:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τάσσω
[in LXX chiefly for שׂוּם, also for צָוָה pi., נָתַן, etc. ;]
primarily, in military sense, then generally, to draw up in order, arrange in place, assign, appoint, order: c. dat. (acc) et inf. (Bl., § 72, 5), Ac 15:2 18:2 (διατ-, WH) 22:10; ἑαυτούς, I Co 16:15; pass., Mt 8:9 (T [WH], R, txt., om.), Lk 7:8, Ro 13:1; ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον (perh. in mid. sense; v. EGT and Page, in l.), Ac 13:48; mid., to appoint for oneself or by one's own authority, Mt 28:16, Ac 28:23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τάσσω, “put in its place,” ‘‘appoint,” ‘‘enrol,’”’ is seen in such passages as P Par 2629 (B.c. 162) (= UPZ i. p. 248, Selections, p. 15) τῶν δὲ πρὸς τοῖς χειρισμοῖς ἐν τῶι Dapaπιείωι.. τεταγμένων, ‘those who had been appointed to the administration in the Serapeum,” P Oxy II. 259% (A.D. 23) τῷ τεταγμένῳ πρὸς τῇ TOD Διὸς φυλακῇ, ‘‘ governor of the prison of Zeus,’”’ P Fay 29! (notice of death—a.p. 37) ὅπως ταγῆι τούτου] ὄν[ο]μᾳ ἐν τῆι τῶν [τετ]ελευτηκότων τάξ[ει, ‘that his name may be placed on the list of deceased persons,” so 26. 3015 (Α.Ὁ. 173), P Oxy X. 1252 verso%° (A.D, 288-95) τετράμηνος yap ἐφ᾽ ἑκάστου τέτακται, ‘fora period of four months is allotted to each” (Edd.), and PSI IV. 2988 (beg. iv/A.D.) τὸν τεταγμένον χρόνοί(ν). In P Oxy II. 2747 (A.p. 89-97) ὧν καὶ τὸ τέλος ἔταξαν, the verb is used of ‘‘ paying” the succession duty, which in ii/B.C. was 5% : cf. PSI IV. 38851 (8.6, 244-3) ἃ δεῖ τάξασθαι εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν, 20. 1. 561° (A.D. 107) ὧν kal τάξομαι τὸ καθῆκον τέλος. For a weakened sense of the verb see P Oxy VIII. 115916 (late iii/A.D.) τάξαι Tots ἀνθρώποις ὅτι πέμπω τὰ ἀναλώματα αὐτῶν, ‘tell the men that I am sending the expenses for them” (Ed.). The mid. is also used = ‘‘appoint for oneself” in P Fay 129° (iii/A.D.) ᾿Απολλῶτι συνέβαλον καὶ ἐτάξατο πάντως καταβῆναι τῇ ἑνδεκάτῃ καὶ τὴν παράδοσιν ποιήσασθαι, “1 arranged with Apollos, and he appointed for certain the eleventh for his coming down and making the delivery” (Edd.), 24. 1308 (iii/A.D.) mpovod τοῦ x[a]Akod πάντη πάν]τως καθὼς ἐταξάμηϊν, ‘I am by all means looking after the copper, as I arranged” (Edd.): cf. Mt 2815, Ac 2835, Hence also the sense ‘‘ enter intoan agreement with” in such passages as P Hamb I. 25" (B.c. 238-7) Κάλας τέτακται
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τάσσω (tassō) — to appoint. τάσσω, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Attic dialect τάττω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future τάξω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἔταξα [Refs]: perfect τέτᾰχα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐτετάχει [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —middle, future τάξομαι[LXX]: aorist ἐταξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, future ταχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later τᾰγήσομαι (ἐν-) [NT+5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐτάχθην [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later ἐτάγην [ᾰ] [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: perfect τέταγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural τετάχαται [Refs 5th c.BC+]: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect ἐτετάχατο [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal, both of troops and ships, τὴν στρατιήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be drawn up, ἐς μάχην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τεττάρων ταχθῆναι in four lines, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μιᾶς, of ships, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ μίαν ναῦν τεταγμένοι in line, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ὀκτώ, of troops, [Refs] in rank and file, [Refs] the rank and file, opposed to Senators and Equites, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; στράτευμα τεταγμένον, opposed to ἄτακτον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, fall in, form in order of battle, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐτάξαντο κύκλον τῶν νεῶν formed in a circle, [Refs] having drawn up their ships in four lines,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. post, station, τὰς καμήλους ἀντία τῆς ἵππου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰς ἐπί τινας one group against another, [Refs 5th c.BC+] set him over them, to command them, [Refs]; ἑαυτὸν ὑμῖν τάξαι παρέσχεν for enrolment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be posted or stationed, τῇ οὐδεὶς ἐτέτακτο [Refs 5th c.BC+] or τινας against another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπί τινι or τισι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, to be posted at a place, ἐφ᾽ ἑπτὰ πύλαις ταχθέντες ἴσοι πρὸς ἴσους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ εὐωνύμῳ κέρατι on the left wing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. κατά τινα over against.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. μετά τινα behind him.., [Refs]; μετά τινος with him, by his side, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τὸ Ἥραιον[Refs]
II. appoint to any service, military or civil, the latter being metaphorically from the former, ἄρχοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ ἐπί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+] undertake a task, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, οἱ τεταγμένοι βραβῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τετάχθαι ἐπί τινι to be appointed to a service, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ πρὸς τοῖς γράμμασι τεταγμένος secretary, [Refs]; οἱ πρὸς ταῖς φυλακαῖς (tolls) τετ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2. with accusative et infinitive, appoint or order one to do or be, τάττετ᾽ ἐμὲ ἡγεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, μοῖρα ἡ ταχθεῖσα.. φρουρέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο τετάγμεθα (i.e. ποιεῖν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐπ᾽ Αἴγυπτον ταχθείς (i.e. κῆρυξ) ordered to Egypt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. also τ. τινί with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive omitted, κόσμον φυλάσσουσ᾽ ὅντιν᾽ ἂν τάξῃ πόλις (i.e. φυλάσσειν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. assign to a duty or class of dutiful persons, ἐν πᾶσιν ἐμαυτὸν ἔταττον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς ὑπηρετικὴν αὑτοὺς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἑαυτόν τινων εἶναι range oneself with.., [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, πρὸς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν ταχθῆναι to join it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. with accusative of things, place in a certain order or relative position, χωρὶς ἑκάτερα τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνα μέσον τάξω λόγο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρῶτον καὶ τελευταῖον τὸ κάλλιστον τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λυδοὺς.. πρὸς ἅπαντας range over against, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with infinitive, [Ὅμηρον] ἐν τοῖς.. σοφωτάτοις εἶναι τάττομεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. τι ἐπί τινος apply a term to a certain sense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, τετάχθαι κατά τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. b with an infinitive and adjective, lay down, rule to be so and so, ἅπερ ἂν.. αἰσχρὰ εἶναι καὶ κακὰ τάττῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. ordain, prescribe, τ. τὰ περὶ τὰ τέκνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸ ταττόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ τετ. ἄγειν the things appointed to them for conveying,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ τεταγμένῳ εἶναι to be fulfilling one's obligations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. of taxes or payments, assess, τὸν φόρον ταῖς πόλεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive added, χρήματα τοῖς πᾶσι τάξαντες φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] (passive, φόρον ἐτάχθησαν φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τάσσειν ἀργυρίου πολλοῦ fix a high price, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸ ταχθὲν τίμημα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, take a payment on oneself, i.e. agree to pay it, φόρον τάξασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρήματα ταξάμενοι κατὰ χρόνους ἀποδοῦναι agreeing to pay by instalments, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. b middle, generally, agree upon, settle, ταξαμένους.. δέχεσθαι μισθὸν τῆς φυλακῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέταγμαι ποιμέσιν, οἵ μοι δώσουσιν τιμήν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; votum explained as εὐχή, ὃ τάττεταί τις θεῷ, [Refs]: with infinitive future, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.3. c middle, pay, τῆς δὲ τιμῆς τάξονται παραχρῆμα τὸ δ μέρος, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἐν ἔτεσι γ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.4. impose punishments, τ. δίκην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ζημίας, τιμωρίας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— also in middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4. b impose laws, οὓς [νόμους] ἔταξε αὐτοῖς ὁ νομοθέτης [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.5. in perfect participle passive, fixed, settled, prescribed, ὁ τεταγμένος χρόνος (like τακτός) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ τετ. θυσίαι the regular offerings, [Refs]; οἱ ἐπὶ τούτῳ τετ. [νόμοι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τετ. δίαιτα prescribed, [Refs]; τὰ τετ. ὀνόματα received, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τετ. τέχνη regular, [Refs]; τεταγμένον, opposed to ἄτακτον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of geometrical figures, regular, i.e. equilateral and equiangular, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]