5218. hupakoé
Berean Strong's Lexicon
hupakoé: Obedience

Original Word: ὑπακοή
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: hupakoé
Pronunciation: hoop-ak-o-AY
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ak-o-ay')
Definition: Obedience
Meaning: obedience, submissiveness, compliance.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb ὑπακούω (hupakouō), meaning "to listen, to obey."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent, the concept of obedience is often expressed by the Hebrew word שָׁמַע (shama, Strong's H8085), meaning "to hear, listen, or obey."

Usage: The term "hupakoé" primarily denotes the act of obedience, submission, or compliance to authority. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe the obedience of believers to God, Christ, or the gospel. It implies a listening that leads to action, reflecting a heart aligned with divine will.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, obedience was a valued virtue, often associated with the hierarchical structures of society, such as the family, military, and civic life. In the Jewish context, obedience was central to the covenant relationship between God and Israel, as seen in the Law. The New Testament writers, particularly Paul, emphasize obedience as a response to the grace and lordship of Jesus Christ, contrasting it with the disobedience that characterized humanity's fall.

HELPS Word-studies

5218 hypakoḗ (from191 /akoúō, "to hear" and 5259 /hypó, "beneath") – i.e. obedience – literally, "submission to what is heard" (WS, 695), i.e. obedience as the response to someone speaking. This refers both to an earthly voice and the Lord's voice (see 2 Cor 10:5; 1 Pet 1:2).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hupakouó
Definition
obedience
NASB Translation
obedience (13), obedient (1), obey (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5218: ὑπακοή

ὑπακοή; ὑπακοῆς, (from ὑπακούω, which see), obedience, compliance, submission (opposed to παρακοή): absolutely, εἰς ὑπακοήν, unto obedience i. e. to obey, Romans 6:16 (cf. Winers Grammar, 612 (569); Buttmann, § 151, 28 d.); obedience rendered to anyone's counsels: with a subject. genitive, 2 Corinthians 7:15; 2 Corinthians 10:6; Philemon 1:21; with a genitive of the object, — of the thing to which one submits himself, τῆς πίστεως (see πίστις, 1 b. α., p. 513b), Romans 1:5; Romans 16:26; τῆς ἀληθείας, 1 Peter 1:22; of the person, τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 2 Corinthians 10:5; the obedience of one who conforms his conduct to God's commands, absolutely, 1 Peter 1:2; opposed to ἁμαρτία, Romans 6:16; τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, i. e. ὑπηκωι, 1 Peter 1:14; with a subjective genitive Romans 15:18; an obedience shown in observing the requirements of Christianity, ὑπακοή ὑμῶν, i. e. contextually, the report concerning your obedience, Romans 16:19; the obedience with which Christ followed out the saving purpose of God, especially by his sufferings and death: absolutely, Hebrews 5:8; with a genitive of the subject, Romans 5:19. (The word is not found in secular authors; nor in the Sept., except in 2 Samuel 22:36 with the sense of favorable hearing; in 2 Samuel 23:23 Aq. we find ἐπί ὑπακοήν τίνος, Vulg.qui alicui est a secretis, where it bears its primary and proper signification of listening; see ὑπακούω.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
obedience

From hupakouo; attentive hearkening, i.e. (by implication) compliance or submission -- obedience, (make) obedient, obey(-ing).

see GREEK hupakouo

Forms and Transliterations
υπακοη υπακοή ὑπακοή ὑπακοὴ ὑπακοῇ υπακοην υπακοήν ὑπακοήν ὑπακοὴν υπακοης υπακοής ὑπακοῆς hypakoe hypakoē hypakoḗ hypakoḕ hypakoêi hypakoē̂i hypakoen hypakoēn hypakoḗn hypakoḕn hypakoes hypakoês hypakoēs hypakoē̂s upakoe upakoē upakoen upakoēn upakoes upakoēs
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Romans 1:5 N-AFS
GRK: ἀποστολὴν εἰς ὑπακοὴν πίστεως ἐν
NAS: to bring about [the] obedience of faith
KJV: for obedience to the faith
INT: apostleship unto obedience of faith among

Romans 5:19 N-GFS
GRK: διὰ τῆς ὑπακοῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς
NAS: through the obedience of the One
KJV: so by the obedience of one shall
INT: by the obedience of the one

Romans 6:16 N-AFS
GRK: δούλους εἰς ὑπακοήν δοῦλοί ἐστε
NAS: [as] slaves for obedience, you are slaves
KJV: servants to obey, his servants ye are
INT: servants for obedience servants you are

Romans 6:16 N-GFS
GRK: θάνατον ἢ ὑπακοῆς εἰς δικαιοσύνην
NAS: or of obedience resulting
KJV: or of obedience unto
INT: death or of obedience to righteousness

Romans 15:18 N-AFS
GRK: ἐμοῦ εἰς ὑπακοὴν ἐθνῶν λόγῳ
NAS: me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles
KJV: the Gentiles obedient, by word
INT: me for [the] obedience of [the] Gentiles by word

Romans 16:19 N-NFS
GRK: γὰρ ὑμῶν ὑπακοὴ εἰς πάντας
NAS: For the report of your obedience has reached
KJV: For your obedience is come abroad unto
INT: indeed of you obedience to all

Romans 16:26 N-AFS
GRK: θεοῦ εἰς ὑπακοὴν πίστεως εἰς
NAS: the nations, [leading] to obedience of faith;
KJV: nations for the obedience of faith:
INT: God for obedience of faith to

2 Corinthians 7:15 N-AFS
GRK: πάντων ὑμῶν ὑπακοήν ὡς μετὰ
NAS: you, as he remembers the obedience of you all,
KJV: whilst he remembereth the obedience of you
INT: of all of you obedience how with

2 Corinthians 10:5 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ χριστοῦ
NAS: captive to the obedience of Christ,
KJV: thought to the obedience of Christ;
INT: into the obedience of Christ

2 Corinthians 10:6 N-NFS
GRK: ὑμῶν ἡ ὑπακοή
NAS: whenever your obedience is complete.
KJV: when your obedience is fulfilled.
INT: your obedience

Philemon 1:21 N-DFS
GRK: Πεποιθὼς τῇ ὑπακοῇ σου ἔγραψά
NAS: Having confidence in your obedience, I write
KJV: in thy obedience I wrote
INT: Being persuaded of the obedience of you I wrote

Hebrews 5:8 N-AFS
GRK: ἔπαθεν τὴν ὑπακοήν
NAS: He learned obedience from the things which
KJV: yet learned he obedience by
INT: he suffered obedience

1 Peter 1:2 N-AFS
GRK: πνεύματος εἰς ὑπακοὴν καὶ ῥαντισμὸν
NAS: of the Spirit, to obey Jesus
KJV: unto obedience and
INT: of [the] Spirit unto [the] obedience and sprinkling

1 Peter 1:14 N-GFS
GRK: ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς μὴ συσχηματιζόμενοι
NAS: As obedient children,
KJV: As obedient children, not
INT: as children of obedience not fashioning yourselves

1 Peter 1:22 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν τῇ ὑπακοῇ τῆς ἀληθείας
NAS: Since you have in obedience to the truth
KJV: souls in obeying the truth through
INT: by obedience to the truth

Strong's Greek 5218
15 Occurrences


ὑπακοὴ — 4 Occ.
ὑπακοὴν — 8 Occ.
ὑπακοῆς — 3 Occ.

















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