Definition

to subordinate; reflexively, to obey

Etymology

from G5259 (ὑπό) and G5021 (τάσσω);

Word family

• ὑπό hypó
• τάσσω tássō

How the KJV renders it

• be under obedience (obedient)
• put under
• subdue unto
• (be
• make) subject (to
• unto)
• be (put) in subjection (to
• under)
• submit self unto

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.