P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

in the opinion of the author, Ps 109:1c was not
capable of suggesting.
If the author had used this
latter citation it may well have been implied that
he was referring to a subjection of all things merely
as a subjection of enemies.
But by introducing the
tradition which associated Ps 8:6 with Ps 109:1b he
was showing his preference for the concept portrayed
by u~o~~
which was absent from Ps 109:1b, and in
so doing he has deliberately chosen to impart the
concept of 'all things under his feet in reverential
obedience' into his argument.
A brief examination
of u?to~6.ouw
confirms this.
The verb occurs 30 times
in the NT. In only two of these occasions, Rom 8:7;
Reb 12:9; is the idea of subjection primary. In
the remainder, although the idea is included, it does
not predominate.
Of these remaining 28 references
the word occurs some 14 times in codes of ethical
instruction where the frequent addition of such
phrases as I;y 6[3 XpI.O"totr (Eph 5: 31); c1>~ &'v1"\XE:V tv
xupC~ (Col 3:18); OL&' ~~y XUpLOV (l Peter 2:13)
to the concept of subjection implies that this subjection
is conceived as an action which carries with
it the notion of respect and, more significantly,
these phrases impart a religious value into the concept
of subjection.-
In the remaining references
the word has the sense of religious domination;
in
the majority of instances the reference is either to
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