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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
1 Peter 2:13 - For
1 Peter 2:13 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Submit yourselves | G5293 | ὑποτάσσω |
[Verb] to subordinate; reflexively to obey |
to | G3767 | οὖν |
(adverbially) certainly or (conjugationally) accordingly |
every | G3956 | πᾶς |
[Adjective] apparently a primary word; all any: every the whole |
ordinance | G2937 | κτίσις |
[Noun Feminine] original formation (properly the act; by implication the thing literally or figuratively) |
of man | G442 | ἀνθρώπινος |
[Adjective] human |
for the Lord's sake | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
whether | G1535 | εἴτε |
[Conjunction] if too |
it be to | G3767 | οὖν |
(adverbially) certainly or (conjugationally) accordingly |
the king | G935 | βασιλεύς |
[Noun Masculine] a sovereign (abstractly relatively or figuratively) |
as | G5613 | ὡς |
[Adverb] which how that is in that manner (very variously used as shown) |
supreme | G5242 | ὑπερέχω |
[Verb] to hold oneself above that is (figuratively) to excel; participle (as adjective or neuter as noun) superior superiority |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.