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To Cheryl (comment # 22)
The basic meaning of a word is determined by the basic meaning of a word, specific nuance within these possibilities are inferred from context. And as I noted in response both to you and others, I did not say that anything in this passage necessarily indicated hierarchy (indeed it does not). I was simply pointing out that this passage is not incompatible with hierarchy (which was the basic logical flaw inherent in your post). I was never trying to say that the passage proved hierarchy, only that it does not prove anything either way with regards to the overall marriage relationship because it could be compatible with either case.

From this passage we cannot infer that there is hierarchy, but nor can we infer that there is none (as discussed previously). And this was the sole point of what I said.