Hypḗkoos — G5255

Definition

adjective

attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive

Usually translated as

obedient

Origin

from G5219

• hypakoúō (G5219)

Occurrences

Hypḗkoos occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Philippians (1)

• Acts 7:39 — To whom our fathers would not obey (ὑπήκοοι), but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
• 2 Corinthians 2:9 — For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient (ὑπήκοοι) in all things.
• Philippians 2:8 — And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient (ὑπήκοος) unto death, even the death of the cross.