noun · feminine
hupotagas
Strong’sG5292
subjection, submission
stem hupotag-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ὑπο-ταγή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Wi 18:16 A *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5292 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoop-ot-ag-ay'
subordination
Fromfrom G5293;
King Jamessubjection.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
subordination, subjection, NT+1st c.BC+; ἐν ὑποταγῇ in a subordinate position, Refs 3rd c.AD+
2 post-position, ἐν ὑποταγῇ Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 copy, ψηφισμάτων.. καὶ ἐπιστολῆς Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hupotagas | hupotagais |
| object accusative | hupotagan | hupotagain |
| direct address vocative | hupotagar | hupotagair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hupotagau | hupotagaiu |
| to, for dative | hupotaga4×ὑποταγῇ | hupotagai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hupotaga is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
hupotaga“submission”to, fordative singular4×
2 Corinthians 9:13“obedience”… houtau doxazarōntois ton theon epi ta hupotaga tau homologiau vu eis tem euangeliem …… the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
Galatians 2:5“submission”hoi oude pros hōran eikana ta hupotaga, hina tas alētheias teu euangelieu diamenateia …We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
1 Timothy 2:11“submission”gunaikas en hēsuchia mathatōr en panta hupotaga;A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
1 Timothy 3:4“submission”… oikou kalōs prostēorōnton, tekneim echarōnton en hupotaga meta pantau semnotau;… overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.