Strong's Concordance
hupakouó: to listen, attend to
Original Word: ὑπακούωPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: hupakouó
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ak-oo'-o)
Short Definition: I listen, obey
Definition: I listen, hearken to, obey, answer.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 5219 hypakoúō (from 5259 /hypó, "under" and 191 /akoúō, "hear") – properly, to obey what is heard (literally, "under hearing"). See 5218 (hypakoē).
5219 /hypakoúō ("obey") is acting under the authority of the one speaking, i.e. really listening to the one giving the charge (order). 5219 /hypakoúō ("to hearken, obey") suggests attentively listening, i.e. fully compliant (responsive).
[5219 (hypakoúō) is an "intensification" of the simple verb "to listen" (191 /akoúō, "hear").]
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5219: ὑπακούωὑπακούω; imperfect
ὑπήκουον; 1 aorist
ὑπήκουσα; from
Homer down;
to listen, hearken;
1. properly, of one who on a knock at the door comes to listen who it is (the duty of the porter), Acts 12:13 (where A. V. hearken, R. V. answer) (Xenophon, symp. 1, 11; Plato, Crito, p. 43 a.; Phaedo, p. 59 e.; Demosthenes, Lucian, Plutarch, others).
2. to hearken to a command, i. e. to obey, be obedient unto, submit to, (so in Greek writings from Herodotus down): absolutely, Philippians 2:12 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 594 (552)); ὑπήκουσεν ἐξελθεῖν (R. V. obeyed to go out i. e.) went out obediently, Hebrews 11:8; with a dative of the person (in Greek writings also with a genitive), Matthew 8:27; Mark 1:27; Mark 4:41; Luke 8:25; Luke 17:6; Romans 6:16; Ephesians 6:1, 5; Colossians 3:20, 22; Hebrews 5:9; 1 Peter 3:6; with a dative of the thing, τῇ πίστει (see πίστις, 1 b. α., p. 513b near top), Acts 6:7; ὑπηκούσατε εἰς ὅν παρεδόθητε τύπον διδαχῆς, by attraction for τῷ τύπω τῆς διδαχῆς εἰς ὅν κτλ. (Winers Grammar, § 24, 2 b.; cf. τύπος, 3), Romans 6:17; τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ, Romans 10:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; τῷ λόγῳ, 2 Thessalonians 3:14; τῇ ἁμαρτία (Rec.), ταῖς ἐιθυμιαις (L T Tr WH), i. e. to allow oneself to be captivated by, governed by, etc., Romans 6:12.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
obey, hearken
From hupo and akouo; to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. To listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority -- hearken, be obedient to, obey.
see GREEK hupo
see GREEK akouo
Forms and Transliterations
υπακουει υπακούει ὑπακούει υπακουειν υπακούειν ὑπακούειν υπακουετε υπακούετε ὑπακούετε υπακούοντος υπακούουσι υπακουουσιν υπακούουσιν ὑπακούουσιν υπακουσαι υπακούσαι ὑπακοῦσαι υπακουσάτω υπακούσεται υπακούσεταί υπακούση υπακούσητέ υπακούσομαι υπακούσονται υπακούσωσί υπακούων υπήκουεν υπηκουον υπήκουον ὑπήκουον υπήκουσα υπηκουσαν υπήκουσαν υπήκουσάν ὑπήκουσαν υπήκουσας υπηκουσατε υπηκούσατε ὑπηκούσατε υπήκουσε υπήκουσέ υπηκουσεν υπήκουσεν ὑπήκουσεν hypakouei hypakoúei hypakouein hypakoúein hypakouete hypakoúete hypakouousin hypakoúousin hypakousai hypakoûsai hypekouon hypēkouon hypḗkouon hypekousan hypēkousan hypḗkousan hypekousate hypekoúsate hypēkousate hypēkoúsate hypekousen hypēkousen hypḗkousen upakouei upakouein upakouete upakouousin upakousai upekouon upēkouon upekousan upēkousan upekousate upēkousate upekousen upēkousen
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