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

Japanese
Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling, a term which decomposes into + , to native Japanese verb.

Verb
／ (shitagawa, the irrealis base form of, shitaga.u)


 * 1) 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)