Strong G5255ὑπήκοος
obedient
- Transliteration
- hupēkoos
- Pronunciation
- hoop-ay'-ko-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G5219; attentively listening that is (by implication) submissive: - obedient.
Detailed definition
ὑπήκοος, -ον
(ὑπακσύω), [in LXX: Jhn.17:13 (לָמַם) Pro.21:28 (שָׁמַע), etc.;]
giving ear, obedient, subject: Php.2:8; with dative of person(s), Act.7:39; εἰς πάντα, 2Co.2:9.†
(AS)
(ὑπακσύω), [in LXX: Jhn.17:13 (לָמַם) Pro.21:28 (שָׁמַע), etc.;]
giving ear, obedient, subject: Php.2:8; with dative of person(s), Act.7:39; εἰς πάντα, 2Co.2:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5255 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- obedient2
- obey1
First verses
- Acts 7:39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
- 2 Corinthians 2:9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
- Philippians 2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑπήκοος, ον,
(ἀκοή) hearkening, ἀμφοτέροισι perhaps answering with both gifts, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.46 (Antip. Thess.))]; a hearer, scholar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.44, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 26.121.)]
II obeying, subject, with genitive, Πέρσας Μήδων ὑπηκόους ἐποίησε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.102, compare 4.167, 7.111, 149, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 234, 242 (both troch.), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.78, 6.20, etc.; ὑ. τῶν νόμων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1102a10.)]
II.2 with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 287, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.22; ἅπαντα τῷ πλουτεῖν ὑπήκοα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 146; γλῶττα ὑ. τῷ λογισμῷ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.90b)]; also ναυσὶ καὶ οὐ φόρῳ ὑ. liable to furnish.. (compare ὑποτελής), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.57)]; τροφὴ ὑ. τῇ πέψει easy of digestion, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.661b)]; ὕλη ὑ. phlegm easily brought up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Stephanus Medicus “in Hp.” 1.181 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
III absolutely as substantive, ὑπήκοοι, οἱ, subjects, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.36, etc.)]; ἡ ὑ. (i.e. χώρα) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 36.53)]; τὸ ὑ. ={οἱ ὑ}., τὸ ὑ. τῶν ξυμμάχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.69, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.25, etc.)]; the subject allies of Athens were called ὑπήκοοι, opposed to αὐτόνομοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.57, compare 6.22, 8.2.)]
(ἀκοή) hearkening, ἀμφοτέροισι perhaps answering with both gifts, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.46 (Antip. Thess.))]; a hearer, scholar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.44, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 26.121.)]
II obeying, subject, with genitive, Πέρσας Μήδων ὑπηκόους ἐποίησε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.102, compare 4.167, 7.111, 149, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 234, 242 (both troch.), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.78, 6.20, etc.; ὑ. τῶν νόμων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1102a10.)]
II.2 with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 287, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.22; ἅπαντα τῷ πλουτεῖν ὑπήκοα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 146; γλῶττα ὑ. τῷ λογισμῷ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.90b)]; also ναυσὶ καὶ οὐ φόρῳ ὑ. liable to furnish.. (compare ὑποτελής), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.57)]; τροφὴ ὑ. τῇ πέψει easy of digestion, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.661b)]; ὕλη ὑ. phlegm easily brought up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Stephanus Medicus “in Hp.” 1.181 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
III absolutely as substantive, ὑπήκοοι, οἱ, subjects, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.36, etc.)]; ἡ ὑ. (i.e. χώρα) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 36.53)]; τὸ ὑ. ={οἱ ὑ}., τὸ ὑ. τῶν ξυμμάχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.69, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.25, etc.)]; the subject allies of Athens were called ὑπήκοοι, opposed to αὐτόνομοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.57, compare 6.22, 8.2.)]