Strong G5219ὑπακούω
to obey
- Transliteration
- hupakouō
- Pronunciation
- hoop-ak-oo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G5219 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- obey18
- obedient2
- have1
- hearken1
- ye1
First verses
- Matthew 8:27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- Mark 1:27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
- Mark 4:41And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
- Luke 8:25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
- Luke 17:6And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
- Acts 6:7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
- Acts 12:13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
- Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
- Romans 6:16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
- Romans 6:17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
- Romans 10:16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Ephesians 6:5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
- Philippians 2:12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
- Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
- Hebrews 5:9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
- Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑπᾰκού-ω,
future -ακούσομαι[LXX (LXX.Gen.41.40 (see. entry near the end);)] later -ακούσω [Refs (“Mim.Oxy.” 413.222:)]
I hearken, give ear, θεοὶ δ᾽ ὑπὸ πάντες ἄκουον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.4; ὁ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐμμαπέως ὑπάκουσε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.485, compare “hymnus ad Venerem” 180: with _genitive_, ὄττις.. πλάσιον ἆδυ φωνείσας ὐπακούει 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.4; ὑμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 318 (Lyric poetry); τῆς κρίσεως 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.56 (assuming variant).)]
I.2 answer (by voice or act) when called, ἢ ἐξελθέμεναι ἢ ἔνδοθεν αἶψ᾽ ὑπακοῦσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.283, compare 10.83, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 400 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 273 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.59: in Prose, ὁ κῆρυξ ἐκήρυττε τίς τὴν ἱκετηρίαν καταθείη, καὶ οὐδεὶς ὑπήκουεν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.112; τῷ παιδίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 878, compare “Nu.” 360 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 3.4, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.49, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.266.)]
I.2.b in a dialogue, answer when questioned, σοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 217d; τοῖς λόγοις [prev. author] “Lg.” 898c.)]
I.3 listen to, heed, regard, with genitive of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 162d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.20; ὑ. νόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 708d)]; ὑ. διαίτῃ submit to a regimen, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 459c; λόγῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1333a18)]; ὑ. τῷ ξυμφόρῳ τινός comply with his interest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.98)]; δείπνῳ ὑ. accept an invitation to dinner, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.247d)]: absolutely, give way, submit, comply, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.148, 4.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325a, “PCair.Zen.” 367.15 (3rd c.BC): with a _neuter_ _pronoun_, μάλα γε τοῦτο ὑπήκουσεν)] in this matter he obeyed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.3; οὐδὲν τούτων ὑπήκουον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.29, compare 139, 140, etc.)]; ὑ. τινός τι or τινί τι, obey one in a thing,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 26, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 774b.)]
II Special senses:
II.1 of porters, answer a knock at the door, ὑ. τινί [NT+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cri.” 43a: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Phd.” 59e, NT.Act.12.13; [παρὰ] τὴν θύραν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.9, 28.3)]; ὁ ὑπακούσας the porter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.35.)]
II.2 of a judge, listen to a complainant, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.18)]; also of the parties in legal proceedings, appear before the court, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.28, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.257,290; ὑ. εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 2, compare “PSI” 10.1100.10 (2nd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 7369.10 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
II.3 of dependants, subjects, etc., obey, submit to, Δαρείου οὐδαμὰ ὑ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101; Ἀθηναίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.56, compare 6.82; τοῖς πέλας [prev. author] 2.61.)]
II.3.b Astrology texts, to aspect from South to North, of the southernmost of two zodiacal signs equidistant from an equinoctial point, opposed to προστάσσειν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 35)]; ={ἀκούω} see, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “E.” 2.)]
II.4 answer one's expectations, succeed, ὑπήκουέ μοι τὸ πρᾶγμα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 10; τῆς μεταλλείας ἀσθενῶς ὑπακουούσης 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.23.)]
II.5 ὑ. αὐγαῖς ἁλίου to be subject to the sun's rays, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.24; ταῖς ὥραις 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.15.1; τοῦ ψύχους [prev. work] 5.4.2)]; ὑπακούουσι τῶν τῆς ἀρχῆς παθημάτων οἱ κατὰ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς μύες feel the effects of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).68.)]
II.6 of ailments, yield, give way to a remedy, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.8, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.354: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.39, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.122, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.439: _metaphorically_, τὸ μυθῶδες ὑ. λόγῳ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 1; τοῖς ἰσχυρῶς φερομένοις ὑ. ὁ ἀήρ 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1)]; πληγαῖς ὑ., of metal, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.802b; ὑποχόνδριον ὑπακοῦον)]yielding to pressure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.45; μὴ εὐθέως ὑπακούοντος εἰς ἐξολκὴν τοῦ ἐμβρύου 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.62, compare 86.)]
II.7 concede a point in dispute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 161b15.)]
II.8 correspond, πᾶσα παραγωγὴ ἐπιρρηματικὴ.. μιᾷ ὑπακούει πτώσει κατὰ τὴν διάλυσιν every adverbial derivative corresponds to a case, e.g. οἴκοθι to ἐν οἴκῳ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 206.21)]; conform to a theory, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 236.14.)]
III κοινὸν ὑ. understand under the term κοινόν.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 31c, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.23c:)] —passive, κοινῶς ὑ. to be understood in a general sense, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.35.)]
III.2 in Grammars, understand a word omitted, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 22.21 (_passive_): τὸ -όμενον)] what one has in mind, the subject, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 68.15, +others)]
III.3 understand, with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.72 K., “Po.” 5.9.)]
IV future ὑπακούσεται in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.69)], if correct, must be passive, if their service shall be lighter; but Scholia gives ὑπακούσονται, whence ξυγκαταστρεψάμενοι (for -οις) is conjectured.
future -ακούσομαι[LXX (LXX.Gen.41.40 (see. entry near the end);)] later -ακούσω [Refs (“Mim.Oxy.” 413.222:)]
I hearken, give ear, θεοὶ δ᾽ ὑπὸ πάντες ἄκουον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.4; ὁ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐμμαπέως ὑπάκουσε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.485, compare “hymnus ad Venerem” 180: with _genitive_, ὄττις.. πλάσιον ἆδυ φωνείσας ὐπακούει 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.4; ὑμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 318 (Lyric poetry); τῆς κρίσεως 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.56 (assuming variant).)]
I.2 answer (by voice or act) when called, ἢ ἐξελθέμεναι ἢ ἔνδοθεν αἶψ᾽ ὑπακοῦσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.283, compare 10.83, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 400 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 273 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.59: in Prose, ὁ κῆρυξ ἐκήρυττε τίς τὴν ἱκετηρίαν καταθείη, καὶ οὐδεὶς ὑπήκουεν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.112; τῷ παιδίῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 878, compare “Nu.” 360 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 3.4, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.49, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.266.)]
I.2.b in a dialogue, answer when questioned, σοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 217d; τοῖς λόγοις [prev. author] “Lg.” 898c.)]
I.3 listen to, heed, regard, with genitive of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 162d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.20; ὑ. νόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 708d)]; ὑ. διαίτῃ submit to a regimen, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 459c; λόγῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1333a18)]; ὑ. τῷ ξυμφόρῳ τινός comply with his interest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.98)]; δείπνῳ ὑ. accept an invitation to dinner, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.247d)]: absolutely, give way, submit, comply, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.148, 4.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325a, “PCair.Zen.” 367.15 (3rd c.BC): with a _neuter_ _pronoun_, μάλα γε τοῦτο ὑπήκουσεν)] in this matter he obeyed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.3; οὐδὲν τούτων ὑπήκουον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.29, compare 139, 140, etc.)]; ὑ. τινός τι or τινί τι, obey one in a thing,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 26, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 774b.)]
II Special senses:
II.1 of porters, answer a knock at the door, ὑ. τινί [NT+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cri.” 43a: _absolutely_, [prev. author] “Phd.” 59e, NT.Act.12.13; [παρὰ] τὴν θύραν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 4.9, 28.3)]; ὁ ὑπακούσας the porter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.11, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.35.)]
II.2 of a judge, listen to a complainant, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.18)]; also of the parties in legal proceedings, appear before the court, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.28, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.257,290; ὑ. εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 2, compare “PSI” 10.1100.10 (2nd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 7369.10 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
II.3 of dependants, subjects, etc., obey, submit to, Δαρείου οὐδαμὰ ὑ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101; Ἀθηναίων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.56, compare 6.82; τοῖς πέλας [prev. author] 2.61.)]
II.3.b Astrology texts, to aspect from South to North, of the southernmost of two zodiacal signs equidistant from an equinoctial point, opposed to προστάσσειν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 35)]; ={ἀκούω} see, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “E.” 2.)]
II.4 answer one's expectations, succeed, ὑπήκουέ μοι τὸ πρᾶγμα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 10; τῆς μεταλλείας ἀσθενῶς ὑπακουούσης 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.23.)]
II.5 ὑ. αὐγαῖς ἁλίου to be subject to the sun's rays, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.24; ταῖς ὥραις 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.15.1; τοῦ ψύχους [prev. work] 5.4.2)]; ὑπακούουσι τῶν τῆς ἀρχῆς παθημάτων οἱ κατὰ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς μύες feel the effects of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).68.)]
II.6 of ailments, yield, give way to a remedy, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.8, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.354: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.39, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.122, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.439: _metaphorically_, τὸ μυθῶδες ὑ. λόγῳ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 1; τοῖς ἰσχυρῶς φερομένοις ὑ. ὁ ἀήρ 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1)]; πληγαῖς ὑ., of metal, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.802b; ὑποχόνδριον ὑπακοῦον)]yielding to pressure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.45; μὴ εὐθέως ὑπακούοντος εἰς ἐξολκὴν τοῦ ἐμβρύου 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.62, compare 86.)]
II.7 concede a point in dispute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 161b15.)]
II.8 correspond, πᾶσα παραγωγὴ ἐπιρρηματικὴ.. μιᾷ ὑπακούει πτώσει κατὰ τὴν διάλυσιν every adverbial derivative corresponds to a case, e.g. οἴκοθι to ἐν οἴκῳ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 206.21)]; conform to a theory, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 236.14.)]
III κοινὸν ὑ. understand under the term κοινόν.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 31c, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.23c:)] —passive, κοινῶς ὑ. to be understood in a general sense, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.35.)]
III.2 in Grammars, understand a word omitted, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 22.21 (_passive_): τὸ -όμενον)] what one has in mind, the subject, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 68.15, +others)]
III.3 understand, with accusative et infinitive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.72 K., “Po.” 5.9.)]
IV future ὑπακούσεται in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.69)], if correct, must be passive, if their service shall be lighter; but Scholia gives ὑπακούσονται, whence ξυγκαταστρεψάμενοι (for -οις) is conjectured.