Insubordinate
ἀνυπότακτοςStrong’s G0506anupotaktos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anupotaktos is the Greek word usually translated “insubordinate” and “unsubject”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,”
Meaning
Usually translated “insubordinate” and “unsubject”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- insubordinate 3
- unsubject 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Titus 2
- 1 Timothy 1
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 1:6In contextIf any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
- Titus 1:10In contextFor there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
- Hebrews 2:8Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
Greek dictionary
ἀνυπότακτος anupotaktos · insubordinate
ἀνυπότακτος, -ον (ά- neg., ὑποτάσσω) [in Sm.: 1Ki.2:12 10:27 (for LXX, λοιμός, בֵּן בְּלִיַּעַל)* ;] of things, not subject to rule: Heb.2:8; of persons, unruly: 1Ti.1:9, Tit.1:6, 10 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “insubordinate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INSUBORD'INATE, adjective
Not submitting to authority.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.