KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Under the authority, power, control, or obedience of another. Sense 2: Exposed, liable, or bound to the condition named.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Luke 2:51
Complete exact-word concordance
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Wherefore if yee bee dead with Christ frō the rudiments of the world: why, as though liuing in the world, are ye subiect to ordinances?
1611 marginal noteOr, elements.
PUT them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
¶ Put them in minde to bee subiect to Principalities & Powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to euery good worke,
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
And deliuer them, who through feare of death were all their life time subiect to bondage.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
Elias was a man subiect to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not raine: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three yeeres and sixe monethes.
1611 marginal noteOr, in his prayer.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Seruants, be subiect to your masters with al feare, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Who is gone into heauen, and is on the right hand of God, Angels, and authorities, and powers being made subiect vnto him.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elder: yea, all of you bee subiect one to another, and bee clothed with humilitie: for God resisteth the proud, and giueth grace to the humble.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Placed under; under the power or dominion of another; exposed or liable; prone or disposed; obedient.
