What does τάξις (táxis) mean in the Bible?
τάξις (táxis): Order as divinely-established rank or office, not mere arrangement; especially ecclesiastical priesthood.
Greek · G5010
τάξις
Order
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τάξις G5010
Pronunciation táxis
What does τάξις (táxis) mean in the Bible?
τάξις (táxis): Order as divinely-established rank or office, not mere arrangement; especially ecclesiastical priesthood.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5010?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include order (6), orderly [manner] (1), orderly condition (1), was on duty (1).
Where does τάξις (táxis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (6), 1 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It order 6× Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 5:10, Hebrews 6:20, Hebrews 7:11
orderly [manner] 1× 1 Corinthians 14:40
orderly condition 1× Colossians 2:5
was on duty 1× Luke 1:8
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:8 τάξει to was on duty Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1 Corinthians 14:40 τάξιν to orderly [manner] Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Colossians 2:5 τάξιν to orderly condition Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 5:6 τάξιν to order Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 5:10 τάξιν to order Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 6:20 τάξιν to order Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 7:11 τάξιν to order Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 7:11 τάξιν to order Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 7:17 τάξιν to order Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:8
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Luke 1 1 Corinthians 1 Colossians 1 Hebrews 6
Source forms
τάξιν 8x taxin 1 Corinthians 14:40, Colossians 2:5, Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 5:10
τάξει 1x taxei Luke 1:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 8x 1 Corinthians 14:40, Colossians 2:5, Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 5:10
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 1:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Order as divinely-established rank or office, not mere arrangement; especially ecclesiastical priesthood.
Strong's G5010
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 2 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 14:40 Source Gloss
order
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:8 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
τάξει taxei
order, position, rank
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:40 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν taxin
order, position, rank
Read verse Colossians 2:5 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν, taxin
order, position, rank
Read verse Hebrews 5:6 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν taxin
order, position, rank
Read verse Hebrews 5:10 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν taxin
order, position, rank
Read verse Hebrews 6:20 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν taxin
order, position, rank
Read verse Hebrews 7:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν taxin
order, position, rank
Read verse Hebrews 7:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν taxin
order, position, rank
Read verse Hebrews 7:17 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν taxin
order, position, rank
Read verse Hebrews 7:21 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τάξιν taxin
order, position, rank
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Accusative (8) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:8 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 14:40 · Col 2:5 · Heb 5:6 · Heb 5:10 · Heb 6:20 · Heb 7:11 · Heb 7:17 8×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Proper arrangement and decorum in worship, doing things decently and in order
Priestly office or rank, Christ as priest after the order of Melchizedek
Sacerdotal rank or priesthood system, the Levitical priesthood order
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
τάξις is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain