τάξις táxis
Meaning
regular arrangement, i.e. (in time) fixed succession (of rank or character), official dignity
In the King James Version: order
Derivation: from G5021 (τάσσω);
Where it is used
- Luke 1:8 One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
- 1 Corinthians 14:40 But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
- Colossians 2:5 For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
- Hebrews 5:6 And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 5:10 and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 6:20 where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 7:11 Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
- Hebrews 7:17 For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 7:21 but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”