noun · neuter
tagmem
Strong’sG5001
rank, division
stem tagm-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
τάγμα, -τος, τό
(< τάσσω), [in LXX chiefly for דֶּגֶל, also for חַיָּה, רַגְלִי;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5001 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtag'-mah
something orderly in arrangement (a troop), i.e. (figuratively) a series or succession
Fromfrom G5021;
King Jamesorder.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(τάσσω) ordinance, command, νόμου τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ δυοῖν τ. from a combination of two ordinances, Refs 4th c.BC+
II fixed assessment or payment, Refs
III body of soldiers, division, brigade, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.b = Latin manipulus, Refs
III.c = Latin legio, legion, Refs 1st c.BC+
IV order, rank, Refs; βουλευτικὸν τ. Refs; τὸ τ. τῶν γυμνασιάρχων Refs 3rd c.AD+; τοῦ πρώτου τ. Refs 1st c.AD+ as adverb, Refs
V generally, arrangement, of footprints, τίς ὁ τρόπος τοῦ τ.; Refs 5th c.BC+; row of bricks, uncertain in Refs 7th c.BC+
V.2 status, φύσεως τάγμα ἔχειν Refs 4th c.BC+; function, Refs 1st c.BC+; ἐν τ. γενόμενοι with infinitive, being in a position to.., Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | tagmem | tagmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | tagmeu | tagmeiu |
| to, for dative | tagme1×τάγματι | tagmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
tagme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
tagme“order”to, fordative singular1×
1 Corinthians 15:23“order”hekastos de en te idie tagme; aparchas Christos, epeita tois tou Christou …But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong …