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verb

Greekτάσσω (tassō)
Biblang

tassomō

Strong’sG5021

I assign, arrange

stem tass-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books7 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.

τάσσω

[in LXX chiefly for שׂוּם, also for צָוָה pi., נָתַן, etc.;]

primarily, in military sense, then generally, to draw up in order, arrange in place, assign, appoint, order: c. dat. (acc) et inf. (Bl., § 72, 5), Ac 15:2 18:2 (διατ-, WH) 22:10; ἑαυτούς, I Co 16:15; pass., Mt 8:9 (T [WH], R, txt., om.), Lk 7:8, Ro 13:1; ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον (perh. in mid. sense; v. EGT and Page, in l.), Ac 13:48; mid., to appoint for oneself or by one's own authority, Mt 28:16, Ac 28:23.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5021 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtas'-so

to arrange in an orderly manner, i.e. assign or dispose (to a certain position or lot)

Froma prolonged form of a primary verb (which latter appears only in certain tenses);

King Jamesaddict, appoint, determine, ordain, set.

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,
Refs 4th c.BC+; Attic dialect τάττω Refs 5th c.BC+: future τάξω Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist ἔταξα Refs: perfect τέτᾰχα Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐτετάχει Refs 2nd c.BC+ —middle, future τάξομαιLXX: aorist ἐταξάμην Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, future ταχθήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; later τᾰγήσομαι (ἐν-) NT+5th c.BC+: aorist ἐτάχθην Refs 4th c.BC+; later ἐτάγην [ᾰ] Refs 2nd c.BC+: perfect τέταγμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural τετάχαται Refs 5th c.BC+: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect ἐτετάχατο Refs 5th c.BC+:—draw up in order of battle, form, array, marshal, both of troops and ships, τὴν στρατιήν Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be drawn up, ἐς μάχην Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τεττάρων ταχθῆναι in four lines, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ μιᾶς, of ships, Refs 4th c.BC+; κατὰ μίαν ναῦν τεταγμένοι in line, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ ὀκτώ, of troops, Refs in rank and file, Refs the rank and file, opposed to Senators and Equites, Refs 2nd c.AD+; στράτευμα τεταγμένον, opposed to ἄτακτον, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, fall in, form in order of battle, frequently in Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐτάξαντο κύκλον τῶν νεῶν formed in a circle, Refs having drawn up their ships in four lines,Refs 5th c.BC+
2 post, station, τὰς καμήλους ἀντία τῆς ἵππου Refs 5th c.BC+; τινὰς ἐπί τινας one group against another, Refs 5th c.BC+ set him over them, to command them, Refs; ἑαυτὸν ὑμῖν τάξαι παρέσχεν for enrolment, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be posted or stationed, τῇ οὐδεὶς ἐτέτακτο Refs 5th c.BC+ or τινας against another, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπί τινι or τισι Refs 5th c.BC+; also, to be posted at a place, ἐφ᾽ ἑπτὰ πύλαις ταχθέντες ἴσοι πρὸς ἴσους Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ εὐωνύμῳ κέρατι on the left wing, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. κατά τινα over against.. , Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. μετά τινα behind him.., Refs; μετά τινος with him, by his side, Refs 5th c.BC+; περὶ τὸ ἭραιονRefs
II appoint to any service, military or civil, the latter being metaphorically from the former, ἄρχοντας Refs 5th c.BC+; τινὰ ἐπί τινι Refs 5th c.BC+ undertake a task, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, οἱ τεταγμένοι βραβῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; τετάχθαι ἐπί τινι to be appointed to a service, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ πρὸς τοῖς γράμμασι τεταγμένος secretary, Refs; οἱ πρὸς ταῖς φυλακαῖς (tolls) τετ. Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2 with accusative et infinitive, appoint or order one to do or be, τάττετ᾽ ἐμὲ ἡγεῖσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, μοῖρα ἡ ταχθεῖσα.. φρουρέειν Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦτο τετάγμεθα (i.e. ποιεῖν) Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ ἐπ᾽ Αἴγυπτον ταχθείς (i.e. κῆρυξ) ordered to Egypt, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 also τ. τινί with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive omitted, κόσμον φυλάσσουσ᾽ ὅντιν᾽ ἂν τάξῃ πόλις (i.e. φυλάσσειν) Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 assign to a duty or class of dutiful persons, ἐν πᾶσιν ἐμαυτὸν ἔταττον Refs 4th c.BC+; εἰς ὑπηρετικὴν αὑτοὺς τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. ἑαυτόν τινων εἶναι range oneself with.., Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, πρὸς τὴν ξυμμαχίαν ταχθῆναι to join it, Refs 5th c.BC+
III with accusative of things, place in a certain order or relative position, χωρὶς ἑκάτερα τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τίνα μέσον τάξω λόγο; Refs 5th c.BC+; πρῶτον καὶ τελευταῖον τὸ κάλλιστον τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; Λυδοὺς.. πρὸς ἅπαντας range over against, Refs 5th c.BC+; with infinitive, [Ὅμηρον] ἐν τοῖς.. σοφωτάτοις εἶναι τάττομεν Refs 4th c.BC+; τ. τι ἐπί τινος apply a term to a certain sense, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, τετάχθαι κατά τινος Refs 5th c.BC+
III.b with an infinitive and adjective, lay down, rule to be so and so, ἅπερ ἂν.. αἰσχρὰ εἶναι καὶ κακὰ τάττῃ Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 ordain, prescribe, τ. τὰ περὶ τὰ τέκνα Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τὸ ταττόμενον Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ τετ. ἄγειν the things appointed to them for conveying,Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐν τῷ τεταγμένῳ εἶναι to be fulfilling one's obligations, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 of taxes or payments, assess, τὸν φόρον ταῖς πόλεσι Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive added, χρήματα τοῖς πᾶσι τάξαντες φέρειν Refs 5th c.BC+ (passive, φόρον ἐτάχθησαν φέρειν Refs 5th c.BC+; τάσσειν ἀργυρίου πολλοῦ fix a high price, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τὸ ταχθὲν τίμημα Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, take a payment on oneself, i.e. agree to pay it, φόρον τάξασθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; χρήματα ταξάμενοι κατὰ χρόνους ἀποδοῦναι agreeing to pay by instalments, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3.b middle, generally, agree upon, settle, ταξαμένους.. δέχεσθαι μισθὸν τῆς φυλακῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; τέταγμαι ποιμέσιν, οἵ μοι δώσουσιν τιμήν Refs 3rd c.BC+; votum explained as εὐχή, ὃ τάττεταί τις θεῷ, Refs: with infinitive future, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III.3.c middle, pay, τῆς δὲ τιμῆς τάξονται παραχρῆμα τὸ δ μέρος, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἐν ἔτεσι γ Refs 3rd c.BC+
III.4 impose punishments, τ. δίκην Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. ζημίας, τιμωρίας, Refs 5th c.BC+:— also in middle, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.4.b impose laws, οὓς [νόμους] ἔταξε αὐτοῖς ὁ νομοθέτης Refs 5th c.BC+
III.5 in perfect participle passive, fixed, settled, prescribed, ὁ τεταγμένος χρόνος (like τακτός) Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ τετ. θυσίαι the regular offerings, Refs; οἱ ἐπὶ τούτῳ τετ. [νόμοι] Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ τετ. δίαιτα prescribed, Refs; τὰ τετ. ὀνόματα received, Refs 5th c.BC+; τετ. τέχνη regular, Refs; τεταγμένον, opposed to ἄτακτον, Refs 4th c.BC+; of geometrical figures, regular, i.e. equilateral and equiangular, Refs 3rd 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.

appointed3×devoted1×directed1×instituted1×placed1×set1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
tassalaἔταξανhappened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person pluraldevoted2×
tassetaἐτάξατοhappened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singulardirected1×
tassotēτέτακταίhas happened · he/she/itperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singularappointed1×
tassorōntosτασσόμενοςhappening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculineplaced1×
tasserantoisΤαξάμενοιhappened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative plural masculineset1×
tassorēntoisτεταγμένοιhas happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative plural masculineappointed1×
tassorēntaisτεταγμέναιhas happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative plural feminineinstituted1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 172, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 4 occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singulartassamōtassametassamitassamatassamētassamelē
you 2nd person singulartassasōtassasetassasitassasatassasētassaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassatōtassatetassatitassatatassatētassatelē
we 1st person pluraltassanōtassanetassanitassanatassanētassanelē
ye 2nd person pluraltassavōtassavetassavitassavatassavētassavelē
they 3rd person pluraltassalōtassaletassalitassala2×ἔταξανtassalētassalelē

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singulartassomōtassometassomētassomelē
you 2nd person singulartassosōtassosetassosētassoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassotōtassotetassotē1×τέτακταίtassotelē
we 1st person pluraltassonōtassonetassonētassonelē
ye 2nd person pluraltassovōtassovetassovētassovelē
they 3rd person pluraltassolōtassoletassolētassolelē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singulartassemitassema
you 2nd person singulartassesitassesa
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassetitasseta1×ἐτάξατο
we 1st person pluraltassenitassena
ye 2nd person pluraltassevitasseva
they 3rd person pluraltasselitassela
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singulartassameiōtassameiatassameiē
you 2nd person singulartassaseiōtassaseiatassaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassateiōtassateiatassateiē
we 1st person pluraltassaneiōtassaneiatassaneiē
ye 2nd person pluraltassaveiōtassaveiatassaveiē
they 3rd person pluraltassaleiōtassaleiatassaleiē

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singulartassomeiōtassomeiē
you 2nd person singulartassoseiōtassoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassoteiōtassoteiē
we 1st person pluraltassoneiōtassoneiē
ye 2nd person pluraltassoveiōtassoveiē
they 3rd person pluraltassoleiōtassoleiē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singulartassemeia
you 2nd person singulartasseseia
he/she/it 3rd person singulartasseteia
we 1st person pluraltasseneia
ye 2nd person pluraltasseveia
they 3rd person pluraltasseleia
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singulartassasōrtassasartassasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassatōrtassatartassatēr
ye 2nd person pluraltassavōrtassavartassavēr
they 3rd person pluraltassalōrtassalartassalēr

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singulartassosōrtassosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassotōrtassotēr
ye 2nd person pluraltassovōrtassovēr
they 3rd person pluraltassolōrtassolēr

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singulartassesar
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassetar
ye 2nd person pluraltassevar
they 3rd person pluraltasselar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

the subject acts active voice

Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singulartassamoiōtassamoia
you 2nd person singulartassasoiōtassasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassatoiōtassatoia
we 1st person pluraltassanoiōtassanoia
ye 2nd person pluraltassavoiōtassavoia
they 3rd person pluraltassaloiōtassaloia

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singulartassomoiō
you 2nd person singulartassosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassotoiō
we 1st person pluraltassonoiō
ye 2nd person pluraltassovoiō
they 3rd person pluraltassoloiō

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singulartassemoia
you 2nd person singulartassesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singulartassetoia
we 1st person pluraltassenoia
ye 2nd person pluraltassevoia
they 3rd person pluraltasseloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicetassarōtassaritassaratassarē
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicetassorōtassorē
acts on or for itself middle voicetasseritassera
Used as an adjective — participle, 4 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicetassarōntostassarintostassarantostassarēntos
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicetassorōntos1×τασσόμενοςtassorēntos2×
acts on or for itself middle voicetasserintostasserantos1×

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
tassstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

tass 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.

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

tassala“devoted”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×

Acts 15:2… Paulo kai to Barnabo pros autoin tassala anabainarō Paulon kai Barnabon kai tinoin …… sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to …

1 Corinthians 16:15… Achaiau kai eis diakonian toi hagioi tassala heautoin;… converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the …

tasseta“directed”happened · he/she/itaorist middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Matthew 28:16“directed”… tan Galilaian eis tem orem hou tasseta autoi tos Iēsus,… went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.

tassotē“appointed”has happened · he/she/itperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 22:10… kakei si laliti peri panteiu heiu tassotē si poiara.… told all that you have been appointed to do.’

tassorōntos“placed”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×

Luke 7:8“placed”… gar mis anthrōpos amō hupo exousian tassorōntos, echarōntos hupo miauton stratiōtoin, kai legamō …For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes …

tasserantois“set”happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 28:23Tasserantois de auto hēmeran hēkale pros auton …So they set a day to meet with Paul …

tassorēntois“appointed”has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 13:48… tou kuriou, kai pisteuala hosois ale tassorēntois eis zōan aiōnian;… the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

tassorēntais“instituted”has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative plural feminine1×

Romans 13:1“instituted”… theou, tais de arōntais hupo theou tassorēntais alō.… is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.