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Strong G5293ὑποτάσσω

to subject

Transliteration
hupotassō
Pronunciation
hoop-ot-as'-so
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G5259 and G5021; to subordinate; reflexively to obey: - be under obedience (obedient) put under subdue unto (be make) subject (to unto) be (put) in subjection (to under) submit self unto.

Detailed definition

ὑπο-τάσσω
[in LXX for דָבַר hi., דָּמַם, שׂוּם, שִׁית, etc.;]
1. as a military term, to place or rank under (Polyb.).

2. to subject, put in subjection: 1Co.15:27, Php.3:21, Heb.2:5, 8; pass., Rom.8:20, 1Co.15:27-28, 1Pe.3:22, Eph.1:22. Mid., to subject oneself, obey: absol., Rom.13:5, 1Co.14:34; with dative of person(s), Luk.2:51 10:17, 20, Rom.8:7 10:3 13:1, 1Co.14:32 15:28 (ὑποταγήσεται; cf. M, Pr., 163), 1Co.16:16, Eph.5:21-22 (T, WH, txt., R, om.), Eph.5:24, Col.3:18, Tit.2:5, 9 3:1, Heb.12:9, 1Pe.2:18 3:1 3:5 5:5; imperat., Jas.4:7, 1Pe.2:13 5:5.†
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In the Bible

Strong G5293 appears in 32 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • subject15
  • submit8
  • put5
  • subjection4
  • obedient2
  • shall2
  • subdue2
  • be1
  • hath1
  • have1
  • let1
  • obedience1

First verses

  1. Luke 2:51
    And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
  2. Luke 10:17
    And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
  3. Luke 10:20
    Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
  4. Romans 8:7
    Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
  5. Romans 8:20
    For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
  6. Romans 10:3
    For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
  7. 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 of God.
  8. Romans 13:5
    Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
  9. 1 Corinthians 14:32
    And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
  10. 1 Corinthians 14:34
    Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
  11. 1 Corinthians 15:27
    For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
  12. 1 Corinthians 15:28
    And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
  13. 1 Corinthians 16:16
    That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
  14. Ephesians 1:22
    And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
  15. Ephesians 5:21
    Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
  16. Ephesians 5:22
    Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
  17. Ephesians 5:24
    Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
  18. Philippians 3:21
    Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
  19. Colossians 3:18
    Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
  20. Titus 2:5
    To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
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ὑποτάσσω,
Attic dialect ὑποτάττω, passive, future ὑποτᾰγήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Cyranus 15:)]aorist 2 ὑπετάγην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus (see. below))], etc.:—place or arrange under, assign, τινί τι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.36.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 23, etc.; ὑ. ὑπὸ τὸ τῆς προδοσίας ὄνομα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.15.4:)] —passive, τὸ ὑποτεταγμένον (i.e. ὀστέον) the inferior bone, i. e. the ulna, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 16.)]
II post in the shelter of, ὑποτάσσεσθαι τινι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 49)]; draw up behind, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 15.1 (_passive_), 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 26.7.)]
II.2 subject, ἑαυτοὺς οὐδενί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.204 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 64)]; subdue, make subject, Θηβαΐδα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 654.7 (Egypt, 1st c.BC), compare 199.10, +others (Adule, 1st c.AD))]; ἔθνη [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.2.9; αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα NT.Phil.3.21; πάντα ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ NT.Eph.1.22)]:—passive, to be obedient, τινι [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Col.3.18, +others; ὑποτάγητε τῷ θεῷ NT.Jam.4.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.24.65; ἄγρια θηρία ὑποταγήσεται αὐτῷ 1st c.AD: Cyranus 15)]; ὑποτάξονται they will submit, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.2.8; τὸ πλῆθος -όμενον 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 1.17, compare 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 38)]: absolutely, κοὐχ ὑποτᾰγεὶς ἐβάδιζεν ὥσπερ Νικίας dejectedly, timidly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 59)] (assuming variant); οἱ ὑποταττόμενοι subjects, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.13.8)], etc.; ὑποτεταγμένοι subordinates, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.72 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; ἐδούλευσας, ὑπετάγης 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.4.33)]; ὑποτεταγμέναι ἀρεταί subordinate virtues, i. e. the sub-divisions of the four cardinal (πρῶται) virtues, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.64.)]
II.3 passive, with dative, underlie, to be implied in or associated with, τὰ -τεταγμένα τοῖς φθόγγοις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.4U., compare “Nat.” 28p.13V.)]; τὰ -τεταγμένα, ἡ -τεταγμένη διάνοια, of the content or meaning which underlies a writer's words, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.26, 27.)]
III put after, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.737f)]; subjoin, append, ὑποτετάχαμέν σοι.. τὸ ἀντίγραφον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 664.11 (Delos, 2nd c.BC),compare “POxy.” 34v iv 7 (2nd c.AD):)] —passive, τὰ -τεταγμένα what follows, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 629.6 (Palmyra, 2nd c.AD))]; οἱ -τεταγμένοι [ἀριθμοί] the numbers that follow, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1020a, etc.)]; οἱ ὑποτεταγμένοι the following persons, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 880.11 (Pizus, 3rd c.AD))]; κῶμαι αἱ ὑποτεταγμέναι the following villages, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 6.7.27.)]
III.2 take as a minor premiss, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.1.61.)]
IV govern the subjunctive, [Refs (EM 471.16.)]