Hupotasso describes being placed under authority or yielding oneself to an authority, person, or ordered relationship.

The occurrences most often describe people or beings being under, or being called to yield to, another’s authority in relationships, public authority, and relation to God. A smaller group uses active forms for placing all things, the creation, or the coming world under another’s authority.

1. Yielding or standing under authority · dominant

   Present and aorist passive forms occur where persons or beings are under an identified authority: in Romans 13:1 the clause concerns every soul and higher authorities, while in 1 Peter 2:18 it concerns servants and masters. The same relation is applied to God in James 4:7, to elders in 1 Peter 5:5, and to spirits in Luke 10:20; in Ephesians 5:21 the APB renders the reciprocal clause “submitting to one another.”

   Romans 13:11 Peter 2:18James 4:71 Peter 5:5Luke 10:20Ephesians 5:21
2. Placing things under another’s rule · common

   Active forms describe an agent bringing a comprehensive sphere under another: in Ephesians 1:22 the APB renders the clause “he put all things in subjection under his feet.” Hebrews 2:8 likewise speaks of subjecting all things, while Romans 8:20 says that the creation was subjected because of the one who subjected it.

   Ephesians 1:22Hebrews 2:8Romans 8:20Philippians 3:211 Corinthians 15:27Hebrews 2:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents these clauses with “be subject,” “submit,” “submitting,” and “subjected,” including the active statement that all things were put “in subjection.” Because it is a whole-verse translation, these English expressions show the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed individual renderings.