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Colossians 2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 


The word order in Colossians 2:5 has the Strong's number 5010 it is from the Greek τάξις taxis which is from the Greek word τάσσω tasso numbered 5021and appears asappoint 3 times, ordain 2, set 1, determine 1, addict 1. It means to put in order, to station in a certain order, to arrange, to assign a place, to appoint or to appoint, ordain, order.

The Greek τάξις taxis  is a ; n f translated order 10 times and means "an arranging, arrangement 2) order... the post, rank, or position which one holds in civic or other affairs."

The Greek word is probably related to the Latin ''taxare'', "censure, charge, or compute" from which we get the word ''tax'' and ''toll'' which traces back to Greek ''telos''.
 
It appears in: 

Luke 1:8  And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order <τάξις taxis> of his course,

1 Corinthians 14:40  Let all things be done decently and in order <τάξις taxis>.

Colossians 2:5  For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order <τάξις taxis>, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Hebrews 5:6  As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order <τάξις taxis> of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 5:10  Called of God an high priest after the order <5010> of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 6:20  Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order <τάξις taxis> of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 7:11  If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order <τάξις taxis> of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order <τάξις taxis> of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:17  For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order <τάξις taxis> of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 7:21  (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order <τάξις taxis> of Melchisedec:)

The Greek word  '''τάσσω tasso''' appears in:

Matthew 28:16  Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed <τάσσω tasso> them.

Luke 7:8  For I also am a man set <τάσσω tasso> under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Acts 13:48  And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained <τάσσω tasso> to eternal life believed.

Acts 15:2  When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined <τάσσω tasso> that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Acts 22:10  And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed <τάσσω tasso> for thee to do.

Acts 28:23  And when they had appointed <τάσσω tasso> him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

Romans 13:1  Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained <τάσσω tasso> of God.

1 Corinthians 16:15  I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted <τάσσω tasso> themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

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