STRONGS G5010:
τάξις,
τάξεως,
ἡ (
τάσσω), from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down;
1. an arranging, arrangement.
2. order, i. e.
a fixed succession observing also a fixed time:
Luke 1:8.
3. due or right order:
κατά τάξιν, in order,
1 Corinthians 14:40;
orderly condition, Colossians 2:5 (some give it here a military sense, 'orderly array', see
στερέωμα, c.).
4. the post, rank, or position which one holds in civil or other affairs; and since this position generally depends on one's talents, experience, resources,
τάξις becomes equivalent to
character, fashion, quality, style, (2 Macc. 9:18 2Macc. 1:19;
οὐ γάρ ἱστορίας,
ἀλλά κουρεακης λαλιᾶς ἐμοί δοκοῦσι τάξιν ἔχειν,
Polybius 3, 20, 5):
κατά τήν τάξιν (for which in
Hebrews 7:15 we have
κατά τήν ὁμοιότητα)
Μελχισέδεκ, after the manner of the priesthood (
A. V. order) of Melchizedek (according to the
Sept. of
Psalm 109:5 (
Ps. 110:5)
עַל־דִּבְרָתִי),
Hebrews 5:6,
10;
Hebrews 6:20;
Hebrews 7:11,
17,
21 (where
T Tr WH omit the phrase).
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