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To Susanna #37
To the best of my recollection I never said anything about any passage using both of these words (hupotassoe & epitassoe). Feel free to draw my attention to that which you would like. It is noteworthy that the word hupotassoe is specifically tied to hupakouoe within the context of the marriage relationship in 1 Pet 3 (hupakouoe meaning “to obey” often used by Paul referring to the obedience of slaves and children).

On the passages using the word hupotassoe with regard to our relationship to God, there are several. But I have every confidence that you are quite capable of digging them up, so why not point out which one you think needs to be brought into this discussion.

For hupotassoe itself being a military term, it was. It finds use in the writings in several of the ancient well known Greek authors including Polybius through later Greek authors such as Plutarch (writing around the same time as the NT was penned). And its primary etymological meaning was of the arranging of troops under the orders of a commander. As such it also became coopted into non-military use to the direction and division of tasks and responsibilities.