Subjection
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The act of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

2. (n.) The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws.

Greek
5292. hupotage -- subjection
... subjection. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hupotage Phonetic Spelling:
(hoop-ot-ag-ay') Short Definition: subjection, submission Definition ...
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1402. douloo -- to enslave, bring under subjection
... to enslave, bring under subjection. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: douloo
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-lo'-o) Short Definition: I enslave Definition: I enslave ...
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5293. hupotasso -- to place or rank under, to subject, mid. to ...
... Spelling: (hoop-ot-as'-so) Short Definition: I place under, subject to Definition:
I place under, subject to; mid, pass: I submit, put myself into subjection. ...
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1396. doulagogeo -- to enslave, fig. subdue
... Verb Transliteration: doulagogeo Phonetic Spelling: (doo-lag-ogue-eh'-o) Short
Definition: I enslave Definition: I bring into subjection, enslave, treat as a ...
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1401. doulos -- a slave
... From deo; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently,
therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency) -- bond(-man ...
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4788. sugkleio -- to shut together, ie enclose
... enclose, shut up. From sun and kleio; to shut together, ie Include or (figuratively)
embrace in a common subjection to -- conclude, inclose, shut up. ...
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5220. hupandros -- under the power of or subject to a man
... married woman. From hupo and aner; in subjection under a man, ie A married woman --
which hath an husband. see GREEK hupo. see GREEK aner. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3533. kabash -- to subdue, bring into bondage
... root Definition to subdue, bring into bondage NASB Word Usage assault (1), brought
them into subjection (2), forced into bondage (1), forcing (1), subdue (1 ...
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3665. kana -- to be humble
... bring down low, into subjection, under, humble self, subdue. A primitive root;
properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish ...
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8217. shaphal -- low
... Word Origin from shaphel Definition low NASB Word Usage abased (1), deeper (2),
humble (3), low (3), lower (2), lowest (1), lowly (5), subjection (1), which is ...
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Library

Nineteenth Day. Subjection.
... Nineteenth Day. SUBJECTION. "As the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.""John,
xiv.31. Jesus as God-man had omnipotence slumbering in His arm. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/the mind of jesus/nineteenth day subjection.htm

Examination of the Meaning of Subjection:' in that He Says that ...
... Book I. Section 16. Examination of the meaning of subjection:' in that he says that
the nature of the Holy Spirit is subject to that of the Father and the Son. ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 16 examination of the.htm

Of Obedience and Subjection
... ADMONITIONS PROFITABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE CHAPTER IX Of obedience and subjection. ...
Far safer is it to live in subjection than in a place of authority. ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter ix of obedience and.htm

The Ninth Chapter: Obedience and Subjection
... BOOK ONE. THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE OF THE SOUL The Ninth Chapter: Obedience
and Subjection. IT IS a very great thing to obey, to ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the ninth chapter obedience and.htm

Subjection to the Father of Spirits.
... 74. " Subjection to the Father of Spirits. 74. LM Doddridge. Subjection to
the Father of Spirits. 1 Eternal Source of light and thought! ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/74 subjection to the.htm

Of the Subjection of the Devils, which they Show to their Own ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XVI. Of the subjection of the devils,
which they show to their own princes, as seen in a brother's victim. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xvi of the subjection.htm

Of Christ's Subjection to the Father (Two Articles)
... OF CHRIST'S SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER (TWO ARTICLES). We must now consider
such things as belong to Christ in relation to the Father. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/of christs subjection to the.htm

On Mutual Subjection {1} --(First Printed in 1744)
... ON MUTUAL SUBJECTION {1}"(First Printed in 1744). "Yea, all of you be
subject one to another.""I Peter v.5 The Apostle having ...
/.../swift/three sermons three prayers/on mutual subjection 1first printed.htm

Contents: on Mutual Subjection on Sleeping in Church on the Wisdom ...
... Contents: On Mutual Subjection On Sleeping in Church On the Wisdom
of this World Prayers used by the Dean for Stella. ...
/.../swift/three sermons three prayers/contents on mutual subjection on.htm

With the Desire to Learn what Subjection to Christ Means after ...
... Book V. Chapter XIII. With the desire to learn what subjection to Christ
means after putting forward and rejecting? With the desire ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xiii with the desire.htm

Thesaurus
Subjection (40 Occurrences)
... control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as,
the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws ...
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Subjected (18 Occurrences)
... & pp) of Subject. 2. (a.) Subjacent. 3. (a.) Reduced to subjection; brought under
the dominion of another. 4. (a.) Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious. ...
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Under (4325 Occurrences)
... is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully,
or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation ...
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Subject (99 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there
is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. ...
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Wives (159 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 14:34 let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not
been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law ...
/w/wives.htm - 38k

Reduced (16 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Corinthians 15:27 for He will have put all things in subjection
under His feet. And when He shall have declared that "All ...
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Exception (6 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 15:27 for He will have put all things in subjection under
His feet. And when He shall have declared that "All things ...
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Sensual (8 Occurrences)
... pneuma). The subjection of the soul to the animal nature is man's debasement,
to the spirit indwelt of God is his exaltation. The ...
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Reverence (42 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 2:9). In the second, "fear" (Ephesians 5:33 the King James Version), though
here it is used to set forth the attitude of proper subjection on the ...
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Period (43 Occurrences)
... The objection to the last two views is that they require a rather long period of
subjection of the Israelites in Canaan to Egypt, of which there is no trace in ...
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Resources
When is civil disobedience allowed for a Christian? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that Jesus was a little lower than the angels (Psalm 8:5; Hebrews 2:7)? | GotQuestions.org

Are sexual desires inherently sinful? | GotQuestions.org

Subjection: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Subjection (40 Occurrences)

Luke 2:51
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.
(DBY NAS)

Romans 6:12
Let not Sin therefore reign as king in your mortal bodies, causing you to be in subjection to their cravings;
(WEY)

Romans 6:20
For when you were the bondservants of sin, you were under no sort of subjection to Righteousness.
(WEY)

Romans 8:20
For the Creation fell into subjection to failure and unreality (not of its own choice, but by the will of Him who so subjected it)
(WEY)

Romans 13:1
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
(WEB ASV NAS)

Romans 13:5
Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
(WEB ASV NAS)

1 Corinthians 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
(KJV WBS)

1 Corinthians 11:10
That is why a woman ought to have on her head a symbol of subjection, because of the angels.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 14:34
let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.
(WEB ASV DBY)

1 Corinthians 15:27
For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet." But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 15:28
But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.)
(DBY)

1 Corinthians 16:16
that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.
(WEB ASV NAS)

2 Corinthians 9:13
Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Corinthians 10:5
For we overthrow arrogant 'reckonings,' and every stronghold that towers high in defiance of the knowledge of God, and we carry off every thought as if into slavery--into subjection to Christ;
(WEY)

Galatians 2:5
to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ephesians 1:22
He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
(WEB ASV NAS)

Ephesians 5:22
Wives, 'be in subjection' unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
(ASV)

Colossians 3:18
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
(WEB ASV)

1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Timothy 3:4
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Timothy 6:2
And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service rendered. These things teach and exhort.
(DBY)

Titus 2:5
to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.
(WEB ASV)

Titus 2:9
Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
(WEB ASV)

Titus 3:1
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
(WEB ASV)

Hebrews 2:5
For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
(KJV WBS)

Hebrews 2:8
You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don't see all things subjected to him, yet.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

James 3:7
For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.
(WEY)

1 Peter 2:13
Be in subjection therefore to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to the king as supreme,
(DBY)

1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.
(WEB ASV)

1 Peter 3:1
In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

1 Peter 3:5
For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

2 Chronicles 28:10
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not even with you trespasses of your own against Jehovah your God?
(See JPS)

Psalms 106:42
Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations and great kings shall reduce them to subjection also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
(WBS)

Jeremiah 27:7
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land shall come: and then many nations and great kings shall bring him into subjection.
(WBS)

Jeremiah 30:8
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more bring him into subjection:
(WBS)

Jeremiah 34:11
but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 34:16
but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 17:14
that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

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Subjected (18 Occurrences)

Under (4325 Occurrences)

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Wives (159 Occurrences)

Reduced (16 Occurrences)

Exception (6 Occurrences)

Sensual (8 Occurrences)

Reverence (42 Occurrences)

Period (43 Occurrences)

Liberty (32 Occurrences)

Placed (297 Occurrences)

Neck (97 Occurrences)

Obedience (61 Occurrences)

Gravity (3 Occurrences)

Include (7 Occurrences)

Revolt (18 Occurrences)

Excepted (2 Occurrences)

Bondmaids (6 Occurrences)

Submission (10 Occurrences)

Subjecting (5 Occurrences)

Authorities (44 Occurrences)

Evident (26 Occurrences)

Urge (34 Occurrences)

Masters (59 Occurrences)

Chemosh (8 Occurrences)

Declared (261 Occurrences)

Subjects (12 Occurrences)

Respect (204 Occurrences)

Slavery (31 Occurrences)

Flesh (468 Occurrences)

Husbands (31 Occurrences)

Hazael (23 Occurrences)

Captivity (141 Occurrences)

Obey (219 Occurrences)

Handmaids (18 Occurrences)

Yielded (28 Occurrences)

Yoke (79 Occurrences)

Quietness (15 Occurrences)

Necessity (22 Occurrences)

Unreality (1 Occurrence)

Uzziah (27 Occurrences)

Unsubjected (1 Occurrence)

Uz (8 Occurrences)

Universe (19 Occurrences)

Ordained (70 Occurrences)

Othniel (7 Occurrences)

Overbearing (7 Occurrences)

Overthrow (48 Occurrences)

Joins (8 Occurrences)

Jabin (8 Occurrences)

Jehoiakim (37 Occurrences)

Jehoram (27 Occurrences)

Laboreth (8 Occurrences)

Labors (27 Occurrences)

Low (216 Occurrences)

Liberated (2 Occurrences)

Gozan (5 Occurrences)

Gainsaying (6 Occurrences)

Governing (6 Occurrences)

Glorifying (21 Occurrences)

Workers (76 Occurrences)

Won (24 Occurrences)

Whiles (8 Occurrences)

Well-pleasing (16 Occurrences)

Instituted (7 Occurrences)

Implies (4 Occurrences)

Institution (1 Occurrence)

Free-hearted (3 Occurrences)

Footstool (16 Occurrences)

Failure (5 Occurrences)

Furthermore (41 Occurrences)

Fitting (29 Occurrences)

Forms (24 Occurrences)

Free (454 Occurrences)

Trusted (82 Occurrences)

Towers (38 Occurrences)

Take (11064 Occurrences)

Remind (16 Occurrences)

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