Greek verb · G5219
ὑπακούω
hypakouohoop-ak-oo'-o
to obey
21 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hypakoúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5219is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5219
to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority
The King James renders it: hearken, be obedient to, obey.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hypakouo is rendered "to obey". It stands 21 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:27The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
Matthew 8:27ὑπακούουσιν;¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eleven of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- do obey4
- obey2
- obeyed2
- obeying2
- they obey2
- heeded1
- it have obeyed1
- it obeys1
- to answer1
- to obey1
- were becoming obedient1
- you have become obedient1
and 2 more, 21 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὑπακοή | hypakoe | obedience | Uses14 |
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὑπακούετε5
- ὑπακούουσιν4
- ὑπήκουσεν3
- ὑπακούει2
- ὑπηκούσατε2
- ὑπακούειν1
- ὑπακούουσιν;¶1
- ὑπακοῦσαι1
- ὑπήκουον1
- ὑπήκουσαν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural4V-PAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-PAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-AAI-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2V-PAP-DPM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-PAI-2P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
Matthew
one use
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
- ὑπακούουσιν;¶hupakouousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: obey
Mark
two uses
All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”
- ὑπακούουσινhupakouousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they obey
Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
- ὑπακούειhupakoueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it obeys
Luke
two uses
“Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”
- ὑπακούουσινhupakouousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they obey
And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
- ὑπήκουσενhupekousenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it have obeyed
Acts
two uses
So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
- ὑπήκουονhupekouonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were becoming obedient
He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
- ὑπακοῦσαιhupakousaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to answer
Romans
four uses
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- ὑπακούεινhupakoueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to obey
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
- ὑπακούετεhupakoueteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you obey
But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
- ὑπηκούσατεhupekousateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have become obedient
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- ὑπήκουσανhupekousanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: heeded
Ephesians
two uses
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- ὑπακούετεhupakoueteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do obey
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
- ὑπακούετεhupakoueteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do obey
Philippians
one use
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
- ὑπηκούσατεhupekousateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have obeyed
Colossians
two uses
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
- ὑπακούετεhupakoueteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do obey
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
- ὑπακούετεhupakoueteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do obey
2 Thessalonians
two uses
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- ὑπακούουσινhupakouousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: obeying
Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
- ὑπακούειhupakoueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: obey
Hebrews
two uses
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
- ὑπακούουσινhupakouousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: obeying
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- ὑπήκουσενhupekousenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: obeyed
1 Peter
one use
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
- ὑπήκουσενhupekousenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: obeyed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.