Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/服従

Japanese

Kanji in this term
服	従
したがわ(せ)
Grade: 3	Grade: 6
irregular

Alternative spelling
服從 (kyūjitai)

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 服従 (“submission”), a term which decomposes into 服 (“obey/conform”) + 従 (“conform to rule”), to native Japanese verb したがう (shitaga.u, “subdue”).

Verb

服従 (したがわ)／服從 (したがは)^[1] (shitagawa, the irrealis base form of 従 (したが)う, shitaga.u)

subdue

※ 服 literally means dress with clothes conforming to the shape of the body, and has the related meaning of obey/conform.　This is reminiscent of Genesis 2:15 where it is said that God put man in the garden of Eden to "dress it and to keep it." (KJV)

Quotations

^ OT, page 2:
神 (かみ)彼(かれ)等(ら)を祝(しゆく)し神 (かみ)彼(かれ)等(ら)に言(いひ)たまひけるは生(うめ)よ繁殖(ふえ)よ地(ち)に滿盈(みて)よ之(これ)を服從(したがは)せよ又(また)海(うみ)の魚(うを)と天空(そら)の鳥(とり)と地(ち)に動(うご)く所(ところ)の諸(すべて)の生(いき)物(もの)を治(をさ)めよ
Kami karera wo shuku shi Kami karera ni ii tamaikeru wa Umeyo fueyo chi ni miteyo kore wo shitagawaseyo mata umi no uo to sora no tori to chi ni ugoku tokoro no subete no ikimono wo osameyo
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

[Gen_1:28-1] OT, page 2:
神 (かみ)彼(かれ)等(ら)を祝(しゆく)し神 (かみ)彼(かれ)等(ら)に言(いひ)たまひけるは生(うめ)よ繁殖(ふえ)よ地(ち)に滿盈(みて)よ之(これ)を服從(したがは)せよ又(また)海(うみ)の魚(うを)と天空(そら)の鳥(とり)と地(ち)に動(うご)く所(ところ)の諸(すべて)の生(いき)物(もの)を治(をさ)めよ
Kami karera wo shuku shi Kami karera ni ii tamaikeru wa Umeyo fueyo chi ni miteyo kore wo shitagawaseyo mata umi no uo to sora no tori to chi ni ugoku tokoro no subete no ikimono wo osameyo
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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