ὑπακούω hupakouō · G5219

to obey

ὑπακούω ; [in LXX: chiefly for שָׁמַע ; ] ; to listen, attend, hence, ; (a) to answer a knock at a door (Plat., Xen., al.): Act.12:13; (b) to attend to, submit to, obey (Hdt., Thuc., al.): absol., Php.2:12; with inf., Heb.11:8; with dative of person(s) (Plat., al.; but more frequently with genitive), Mat.8:27, Mrk.1:27 4:41, Luk.8:25 17:6, Rom.6:16, Eph.6:1, 5, Col.3:20, 22, Heb.5:9, 1Pe.3:6; with dative of thing(s), Act.6:7, Rom.6:12 10:16, 2Th.1:8 3:14; before εἰς (by attraction, for dative; see ICC, in l), Rom.6:17.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ὑπᾰκού-ω, ; future -ακούσομαι[] later -ακούσω []; I hearken, give ear, θεοὶ δ᾽ ὑπὸ πάντες ἄκουον []; I.2 answer (by voice or act) when called, ἢ ἐξελθέμεναι ἢ ἔνδοθεν αἶψ᾽ ὑπακοῦσαι []; I.2.b in a dialogue, answer when questioned, σοι []; I.3 listen to, heed, regard, with genitive of things, []; ὑ. διαίτῃ submit to a regimen, []; ὑ. τῷ ξυμφόρῳ τινός comply with his interest, []; δείπνῳ ὑ. accept an invitation to dinner, []: absolutely, give way, submit, comply, [] in this matter he obeyed, []; …

Where it's used 21 times

Matthew 8:27 · Mark 1:27 · Mark 4:41 · Luke 8:25 · Luke 17:6 · Acts 6:7 · Acts 12:13 · Romans 6:12 · Romans 6:16 · Romans 6:17 · Romans 10:16 · Ephesians 6:1 · Ephesians 6:5 · Philippians 2:12 · Colossians 3:20 · Colossians 3:22 · 2 Thessalonians 1:8 · 2 Thessalonians 3:14 · Hebrews 5:9 · Hebrews 11:8 · 1 Peter 3:6

Source: TBESG G5219; TFLSJ G5219

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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