Quick Definition
rank, division
Strong's Definition
something orderly in arrangement (a troop), i.e. (figuratively) a series or succession
Derivation: from G5021 (τάσσω);
KJV Usage: order
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τάγμα, ταγματος, τό (τάσσω);
a. properly, that which has been arranged, thing placed in order.
b. specifically, a body of soldiers, a corps: 2Sa_23:13; Xenophon, mem. 3, 1, 11; often in Polybius; Diodorus 17, 80; Josephus, b. j. 1, 9, 1; 3, 4, 2; (especially for the Roman 'legio' (examples in Sophocles Lexicon, under the word, 3)); hence, universally, a band, troop, class: ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι (the same words occur in Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 37, 3 [ET] and 41, 1 [ET]), 1Co_15:23, where Paul specifies several distinct bands or classes of those raised from the dead (A. V. order. Of the 'order' of the Essenes in Josephus, b. j. 2, 8, 3. 8).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τάγμα tagma 1x
pr. anything placed in order; in NT order of succession, class, group, 1Co_15:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τάγμα , -τος , τό
( < τάσσω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H1714 , also for H2416 , H7273 ;]
that which has been arranged or placed in order; esp . as military term, a company, troop , division, rank: metaph ., 1Co_15:23 ( v. ICC , in l ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τάγμα [page 624]
For τάγμα = company, troop in a military sense, see BGU IV. 1190 .15 (late Ptol.) ἐ ]κ τοῦ τ̣α̣γ̣μ̣α̣τ̣ο̣ς̣ α̣ὐ̣τοῦ : cf. 1Co_15:23 and Epicurus I. 71 φύσεως καθ᾽ ἑαυτὰ τάγμα ἔχοντα , having in themselves a place in the ranks of material existence (Bailey). Other exx. of the word are P Oxy IX. 1202 .18 (A.D. 217) my son being ἐκ τοῦ τάγματος τοῦ παρ᾽ ἡμεῖν γυμνασίου , on the roll of the gymnasium, ib . X. 1252 verso .24 (A.D. 288 95) τὸ τάγμα τὸ τῶν γυμνασιάρχων , and ib . VI. 891 .15 (A.D. 294) τὰ δὲ ἀναλώματα ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ τάγματος δοθῆναι , while the expenses should be paid by the whole body of those belonging to the order (of exegetae) (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τάγμα τάγμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: τάσσω] "that which has been ordered or arranged": esp., "an ordinance", ἐκ δυοῖν τ. from a combination of two "constitutions", Arist. "a body of soldiers, a regiment or brigade", Xen. , etc.: —the Roman "manipulus", Polyb.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τάγμα, -τος, τό
(τάσσω), [in LXX chiefly for דֶּגֶל, also for חַי, רַגְלִי ;]
that which has been arranged or placed in order; esp. as military term, a company, troop, division, rank: metaphorically, 1Co.15:23 (see ICC, in l).†
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