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Dictionaries :: Subject, Subjection (Verb, Adjective, Noun)

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Verb Strong's Number: g5293 Greek: hupotasso

Subject, Subjection (Verb, Adjective, Noun):

primarily a military term, "to rank under" (hupo, "under," tasso, "to arrange"), denotes

(a) "to put in subjection, to subject," Rom 8:20 (twice); in the following, the RV, has to subject for AV, "to put under," 1Cr 15:27 (thrice), 28 (3rd clause); Eph 1:22; Hbr 2:8 (4th clause); in 1Cr 15:28 (1st clause), for AV "be subdued;" in Phl 3:21, for AV, "subdue;" in Hbr 2:5, AV, "hath... put in subjection;"

(b) in the Middle or Passive Voice, to subject oneself, to obey, be subject to, Luk 2:51; 10:17, 20; Rom 8:7; 10:3, RV, "did (not) subject themselves" [AV, "have (not) submitted themselves"]; Rom 13:1, 5; 1Cr 14:34, RV, "be in subjection" (AV, "be under obedience"); 1Cr 15:28 (2nd clause); 16:16 RV, "be in subjection" (AV, "submit, etc."); so Col 3:18; Eph 5:21, RV, "subjecting yourselves" (AV, "submitting, etc."); Eph 5:22, RV in italics, according to the best texts; Eph 5:24, "is subject;" Tts 2:5, 9, RV, "be in subjection" (AV, "be obedient"); Tts 3:1, RV, "to be in subjection;" (AV, "to be subject"); Hbr 12:9, "be in subjection;" Jam 4:7, RV, "be subject" (AV, "submit yourselves"); so 1Pe 2:13; 2:18, RV, "be in subjection;" so 1Pe 3:1, AV and RV; 1Pe 3:5, similarly; 1Pe 3:22, "being made subject;" 1Pe 5:5, RV, "be subject" (AV, "submit yourselves"); in some texts in the 2nd part, as AV.
See OBEDIENT, SUBMIT.

Note: For doulagogeo, 1Cr 9:27, AV, "bring into subjection," see BONDAGE, B, No. 3. For anupotaktos, "not subject," Hbr 2:8, see DISOBEDIENT, B, Note.

B-1 Adjective Strong's Number: g1777 Greek: enochos

Subject, Subjection (Verb, Adjective, Noun):

"held in, bound by," in Hbr 2:15, "subject to:" see DANGER, B, No. 1.

Note: For "subject to like passions," Jam 5:17, AV, see PASSION.

C-1 Noun Strong's Number: g5292 Greek: hupotage

Subject, Subjection (Verb, Adjective, Noun):

"subjection," occurs in 2Cr 9:13; Gal 2:5; 1Ti 2:11; 3:4.

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