What does ἀνυπότακτος (anypótaktos) mean in the Bible?
ἀνυπότακτος (anypótaktos): Describes persons or things resistant to authority or control; fundamentally unruly and ungovernable.
Greek · G506
ἀνυπότακτος
Insubordinate
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ἀνυπότακτος G506
Pronunciation anypótaktos
What does ἀνυπότακτος (anypótaktos) mean in the Bible?
ἀνυπότακτος (anypótaktos): Describes persons or things resistant to authority or control; fundamentally unruly and ungovernable.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G506?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include rebellious (2), insubordination (1), outside of his control (1).
Where does ἀνυπότακτος (anypótaktos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 1:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Titus (2), 1 Timothy (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It rebellious 2× 1 Timothy 1:9, Titus 1:10
insubordination 1× Titus 1:6
outside of his control 1× Hebrews 2:8
Show sample aligned rows
1 Timothy 1:9 ἀνυποτάκτοις to rebellious Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Titus 1:6 ἀνυπότακτα to insubordination Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Titus 1:10 ἀνυπότακτοι to rebellious Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Hebrews 2:8 ἀνυπότακτον to outside of his control Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Timothy 1:9
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
1 Timothy 1 Titus 2 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἀνυπότακτα 1x anypotakta Titus 1:6
ἀνυπότακτοι 1x anypotaktoi Titus 1:10
ἀνυποτάκτοις 1x anypotaktois 1 Timothy 1:9
ἀνυπότακτον 1x anypotakton Hebrews 2:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Titus 1:6
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Hebrews 2:8
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Timothy 1:9
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Titus 1:10
Evidence Summary
Revelation
Greek word. Describes persons or things resistant to authority or control; fundamentally unruly and ungovernable.
Strong's G506
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Titus 1:10-16 Source Gloss
insubordinate
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Describes persons or things resistant to authority or control; fundamentally unruly and ungovernable.
(ά- neg., ὑποτάσσω) [in Sm.: 1Ki.2:12 10:27 (for LXX, λοιμός, בֵּן בְּלִיַּעַל)* ;] of things, not subject to rule: Heb.2:8; of persons, unruly: 1Ti.1:9, Tit.1:6, 10 (MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 1:9 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
ἀνυποτάκτοις, anupotaktoiv
unruly
Read verse Titus 1:6 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀνυπότακτα. anupotakta
unruly
Read verse Titus 1:10 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀνυπότακτοι, anupotaktoi
unruly
Read verse Hebrews 2:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀνυπότακτον. anupotakton
unruly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Titus 1:10 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Tim 1:9 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Titus 1:6 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Heb 2:8 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Refusing submission to rightful authority.
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀνυπότακτος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
False teaching is linked with resistance to apostolic authority, revealing that doctrinal error often flows from a heart unwilling to submit to God’s revealed word. Titus 1:10-16
Canonical Themes
Revelation
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain