Submit
King James Dictionary [1]
Submit', L submitto sub, under, and mitto, to send.
1. To let down to cause to sink or lower.
Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.
This use of the word is nearly or wholly obsolete.
2. To yield, resign or surrender to the power, will or authority of another with the reciprocal pronoun.
Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hand. Genesis 16
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands. Ephesians 5
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man. 1 Peter 2 .
3. To refer to leave or commit to the discretion of judgment of another as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators to submit a question to the court.
SUBMIT', To surrender to yield one's person to the power of another to give up resistance. The enemy submitted.
The revolted provinces presently submitted.
1. To yield one's opinion to the opinion or authority of another. On hearing the opinion of the court, the counsel submitted without further argument. 2. To be subject to acquiesce in the authority of another.
To thy husband's will
Thine shall submit--
3. To be submissive to yield without murmuring.
Our religion requires us--to submit to pain, disgrace and even death.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To put or place under.
(2): ( v. i.) To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
(3): ( v. i.) To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
(4): ( v. i.) To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
(5): ( v. t.) To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; - often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.
(6): ( v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; - often with the reflexive pronoun.
(7): ( v. t.) To let down; to lower.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
"to retire, withdraw" (hupo, under, eiko, "to yield"), hence, "to yield, submit," is used metaphorically in Hebrews 13:17 , of "submitting" to spiritual guides in the churches.
