Lexical Definition

‎τάξις‎ táxis (tax'-is) order ^G:N-F
from ‎τάσσω‎

order.

• regular arrangement, i.e. (in time) fixed succession (of rank or character), official dignity

Abbott-Smith

τάξις, -εως, ἡ (< τάσσω), [in LXX: Jb 38:12 (מָקוֹם), Ps 109 (110):4* (דִּבְרָה), II Mac 9:18, al. ;]
1. an arranging, hence, in military sense, disposition of an army, battle array (Thuc., al.).
2. arrangement, order (Plat., al): Lk 1:8.
3. due order: Col 2:5 (ICC, in l.); κατὰ τάξιν, I Co 14:40.
4. office, order (for exx., v. MM, xxiv): He 5:6 (LXX), 10 6:20 7:11, 17 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

τάξις, εως,

Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (τάσσω) arranging, arrangement:

__I in military sense:
__I.1 drawing up in rank and file, order or disposition of an army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀμφὶ τάξεις rules for it, tactics, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 battle array, order of battle, κατὰ τάξιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τάξιν καθίστασθαι, ἀνάγειν,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵνα μὴ διασπασθείη ἡ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, ἀποπλῶσαι ἐκ τῆς τάξιος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 a single rank or line of soldiers, ἐπὶ τάξιας ὀλίγας γίγνεσθαι to be drawn up a few lines deep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 body of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially at Athens, the quota of infantry furnished by each φυλή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but frequently of smaller bodies, company, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of ships, squadron, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, band, company, φιλία γὰρ ἥδε τ., of the chorus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.4.b especially a contingent of [Refs]men, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__I.4.c in late Gr., membership of the militia palatina (compare ταξεώτης), [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__I.5 post or place in the line of battle, ἀξιεύμεθα ταύτης τῆς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μένειν ἐν τῇ ἑωυτοῦ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκλιπόντας τὴν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λείπειν τὴν τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἡγεμὼν ἔξω τάξεων officer on the unattached list, [Refs]; so οἱ ἔξω τάξεως staff-officers, aides-de-camp, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II generally, arrangement, order, ἡμερῶν τ. εἰς μηνῶν περιόδους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ὅλων τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; disposition, τῆς ψυχῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Rhet., disposition, opposed to λέξις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὕστερον τῇ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τ. εἶναι, ={μένειν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; different from θέσις or mere position, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. θέσεως is uncertain reading in 16.709); ἡ κατὰ τ. τινὰ βασιλεία, opposed to ἀόριστος τυραννίς, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ τοῦτο κατὰ τ., ἕως.. and so on, until.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 order, regularity, εἰς τ. ἄγειν ἐκ τῆς ἀταξίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔτε νόμος οὔτε τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τάξιν ἔχειν to be regular, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τάξει in an orderly manner, [Refs 5th c.BC+], rendering of Latin ordine).
__II.3 ordinance, κατὰ τὴν τ. τοῦ νόμου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ τὴν τοῦ νομοθέτου τ. [Refs]
__II.3.b prescription, τὴν τοῦ λυσιτελοῦντος τοῖς σώμασι ποιεῖσθαι τ. [Refs]; recipe, conjecture in [Refs]
__II.4 τ. τοῦ φόρου assessment of tribute, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν ὀφειλημάτων περὶ τῆς πράξεως [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. τῆς ὑδρείας a ration of water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 political order, constitution, τ. Κρητική, Λακωνική, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III metaphorically from [Refs], post, rank, position, station, ὑπὸ χθόνα τάξιν ἔχουσα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ἀκοντιζόντων τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰδία τοῦ βίου τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὴρ τῆς πρώτης τ. [Refs]; οἰκέτου τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. ἔχοντος ἐν τῷ Μουσείῳ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐν τῇ Θετταλῶν τάξει ranging herself with the T., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐχθροῦ τ. as an enemy, [Refs]; ἐν ἐπηρείας τάξει by way of insult, [Refs]; ἀδύνατον εἶχεν τ. occupied an impossible position, i.e. was unthinkable, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἑλόμενον τάξιν πολιτεύεσθαι championship of your cause, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐγὼ τὴν τῆς εὐνοίας τ... οὐκ ἔλιπον post of patriotism, [Refs]
__IV order, class of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; function, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2 list, register, ὅπως ταγῇ αὐτοῦ τὸ ὄνομα ἐν τῇ τῶν τετελευτηκότων τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἡ τ. τῶν κατοχίμων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τ. λαογράφων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.3 account, ἰδίας τάξεως [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__IV.4 payment, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__IV.5 category of land, κατοικικὴ τ. [Refs 1st c.AD+], cf. Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V reduction of hernia by manipulation, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VI degree of heating power in drugs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VII treatise, ἐν τῇ ὑστέρᾳ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VIII fixed point of time, term, κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν ἢ κατά τινα ἄλλην τ. ἢ χρόνον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; end (or perhaps date fixed for the end), μέχρι τάξεως αὐτῆς τῆς τρύγης [Refs 4th c.AD+]