Strong’s G506 · Greek

ἀνυπότακτος
anypótaktos

Definition

unsubdued, i.e. insubordinate (in fact or temper)

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G5293 (ὑποτάσσω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • disobedient
  • that is not put under
  • unruly

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.

What the first audience heard

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