ἀνυπότακτος

anypotaktos · unruly, not subject

Greek word · Strong’s number G506 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

anypotaktos (ἀνυπότακτος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “unruly, not subject”.

Unruly, rebellious, not submitting to anyone; also not subject to someone.

How to say it

a·ny·po·tak·tos

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Not yet under anyone's power.
  2. Refusing to be governed.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • rebellious ×2
  • disobedient ×1
  • subject ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 1 Timothy 1:9

    knowing this, that law is not laid down for a righteous person but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers and those who kill their mothers, for murderers,

  • Titus 1:6

    if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having believing children not open to the charge of reckless living or rebellious.

  • Titus 1:10

    For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

  • Hebrews 2:8

    you subjected all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.