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subjection

Meaning of “subjection”

The condition of being under authority, control, obedience, restraint, or discipline.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
14 occurrences13 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Psalms 106:42

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1 Peter 3:1
LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Likewise, ye wiues, be in subiection to your owne husbands, that if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues:

1 Peter 3:5
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
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1611 witness · 1 Peter 3:5 · retained source text

For after this manner in the olde time, the holy women also who trusted in God adorned themselues, beeing in subiection vnto their owne husbands.

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Historical definitions

The act of subduing or bringing under another's dominion; the state of being under another's power, control, or government.

volume 2, leaf 692, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 93)