Tassing & Tagging ; τάσσω
Crossnote Posted Thayer:
a. "to place in a certain order (Xenophon, mem. 3, 1, 7 (9)),
to arrange, to assign a place, to appoint": τινα,
passive, αἱ ἐξουσία ὑπό Θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσιν (A. V. ordained), Rom 13:1; (καιρούς, Acts 17:26. . . .);
ἑαυτόν,
εἰς διακονίαν τίνι, to consecrate (R. V. set) oneself to minister unto one,
1Co 16:15 (ἐπί τήν διακονίαν, Plato, de rep. 2, p. 371 c.; εἰς τήν δουλείαν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 11);
ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωήν αἰώνιον,
as many as were appointed (A. V. ordained) (by God) to obtain eternal life,
or to whom God had decreed eternal life, Acts 13:48;
τινα ὑπό τινα, to put one under another's control (A. V. set under), passive, Matt 8:9 L WH in brackets, the Sinaiticus manuscript; Thayers
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τάσσω (pf. inf. τεταχέναι ; pf. pass. τέταγμαι, 3 sg. τέτακται )
appoint, designate, set aside; command, order, direct
( ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν τασσόμενος under the authority of superior officers Lk 7:8);
institute (of governmental authority);
devote (to service);
midd. equivalent to act. fix, set (Ac 28:23);
tell, direct (Mt 28:16)
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Let's add on BDAG:
τάσσω
1. to bring about an order of things by arranging, arrange, put in place
a. of an authority structure pass.
αἱ οὖσαι (ἐξουσίαι) ὑπὸ θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν
the (structures of authority) presently existing are put in place by God Ro 13:1 ( some interpret as metonymy for officeholders);
established authority in contrast to a rabble MPol 10:2
b. of a pers. put into a specific position, used w. a prep. τάσσειν τινὰ ἐπί τινος
put someone over or in charge of someone or someth.
pass.
On ἄνθρωπος ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν τασσόμενος Mt 8:9 v.l.; Lk 7:8 s. ἐξουσία 4
(τάσσεσθαι ὑπό τινα).
—τάσσειν τινά εἰςassign someone to a (certain) classification,
used also w. an abstract noun
pass. belong to, be classed among those possessing
ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον Ac 13:48.
τάσσειν ἑαυτὸν εἰς διακονίαν devote oneself to a service
1 Cor 16:15.
2. to give instructions as to what must be done, order, fix, determine, appoint
a. act. and pass., foll. by acc. w. inf.
Ac 15:2; 18:2 v.l. περὶ πάντων ὧν τέτακταί σοι ποιῆσαι concerning everything that you have been ordered to do 22:10
ὁ τεταγμένος ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ δρόμος
the course which has been fixed by him (i.e. by God) 1 Clement 20:2 .
κατὰ καιροὺς τεταγμένους at appointed times 40:1
b. mid.=act.
εἰς τὸ ὄρος οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς (i.e. πορεύεσθαι) Mt 28:16.
ταξάμενοι αὐτῷ ἡμέραν ἦλθον
they set a day for him and came Ac 28:23
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Comments:
1.to bring about an order of things by arranging,arrange, put in place
a. of an authority structure pass.
αἱ οὖσαι (ἐξουσίαι) ὑπὸ θεοῦ τεταγμέναι εἰσίν
the (structures of authority) presently existing are put in place by God Ro 13:1 ( some interpret as metonymy for officeholders);
[I'll bet that many thought the governors were established by human will, Caesar's say-so.]
b. of a pers. put into a specific position, used w. a prep. τάσσειν τινὰ ἐπί τινος
put someone over or in charge of someone or someth.
—τάσσειν τινά εἰςassign someone to a (certain) classification,
pass. belong to, be classed among those possessing
ἐπίστευσαν ὅσοι ἦσαν τεταγμένοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον Ac 13:48.
= as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Before they believed, they had been already assigned to eternal life.