Quick Definition
ὑπακοή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. obedience
Strong's Definition
from 5219; attentive hearkening, i.e. (by implication) compliance or submission
KJV Usage: obedience, (make) obedient, obey(-ing)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | ἀκούω
36.15 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Obey, Disobey
to obey, obedience to obey on the basis of having paid attention to Terms expressing the concept of ‘obedience’ may frequently be rendered in some languages as ‘to do what one says’ or ‘to carry out someone’s orders.’
ROM 1:5 · ROM 5:19 · ROM 6:16 · ROM 6:16 · ROM 15:18 · ROM 16:19 · 2CO 7:15 · 2CO 10:5 · 2CO 10:6 · PHM 1:21 · HEB 5:8 · 1PE 1:2 · 1PE 1:14 · 1PE 1:22
1 It is possible that there is a subtle distinction in meaning between ὑπακούω[a] and εἰσακούω[b] in that the former may suggest primarily submission, while εἰσακούω[b] may focus more upon attentive listening with resulting obedience.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπ-ακοή, -ῆς, ἡ, (fr. ὑπακούω, 4: v-), obedience, compliance, submission, (opp. to παρακοή) : 8050]. εἰς ὑπακοήν, unto obedience i. 6. to obey, Ro. vi. 10 [ef. W. 612 (509); B. § 151, 28d.]; obedience rendered to any one’s counsels: with a subject. gen., 2 Co. vii. 15; x. 6; Philem. 21; with a gen. of the object, —of the thing to which one submits himself, τῆς πίστεως (see πίστις, 1 Ὁ. a. p. 513°), Ro. i. 5; xvi. 26; τῆς ἀληθείας, 1 Pet. i. 22; of the person, τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 2 Co. x.5; the obedience of one who conforms his conduct to God’s commands, absol. 1 Pet. i. 2; opp. to ἁμαρτία, Ro. vi. 16; τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, i. Θ. ὑπήκοοι, 1 Pet. i. 14; with a subjective gen. Ro. xv. 18; an obedience shown in observing the requirements of Christianity, ὑπ. ὑμῶν, i. 6. contextually, the report concerning your obedience, Ro. xvi.19; the obedience with which Christ followed out the saving purpose of God, esp. by his sufferings and death: absol. Heb. v. 8; with a gen. of the subject, Ro. v.19. (The word is not found in prof. auth.; nor in the Sept., except in 2S. xxii. 36 with the sense of favorable hearing; in 2S. xxiii. 23 Aq. we find 6 ἐπὶ ὑπακοήν twos, Vulg. qui alicui est a secretis, where it bears its primary and proper signification of listening; see ὑπακούω.) * « , UTTAaAKOUW
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑπακοή hypakoē 15x
a hearkening to; obedience, Rom. 5:19; 6:16; 1 Pet. 1:14; submissiveness, Rom. 16:19; 2 Cor. 7:15; submission, Rom. 1:5; 15:18; 16:26; 2 Cor. 10:5; Heb. 5:8; 1 Pet. 1:2, 22; compliance, Phlm. 21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ὑπακοή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ὑπακούω), [in LXX: II Ki 22:36 (עֲנָוָה); in Aq.: ib. 23:23 * ;]
obedience (opp. to παρακοή);
in general, absol., εἰς ὑ., Ro 6:16; c. gen. subjc., II Co 7:15 10:6, Phm 21; c. gen. obj., Ro 1:5 (Lft, Notes, 246) 16:26, I Pe 1:22; τ. Χριστοῦ, II Co 10:5.
Of obedience to God's commands: absol., I Pe 1:2; opp. to ἁμαρτία, Ro 6:16; τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, I Pe 1:14; c. gen. subj., Ro 15:18 16:19.
Of Christ's obedience: absol., He 5:8; c. gen. subj., Ro 5:19.
(The word is not found except in LXX, NT and eccl.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑπακοή. According to Grimm-Thayer this subst. = ‘‘ obedience” (Rom 615, a/.) ‘is not found in prof. auth.,”” but we may cite, though it is late, P Strass I. got! (A.D. 569) μεθ᾽ ὑπίερτάτης ἀρετῆς καὶ ὑπακοῆς ἐν πᾶσι το] [ς] ὀφελίμοις ἔργοις τε καὶ λόγοις. The word is found in Ev. Petr. 9 καὶ ὑπακοὴ ἠκούετο ἀπὸ σταυροῦ [ὅ]τι Nai, where Swete understands it as = ‘‘ response” or ‘‘refrain,’’ in accordance with a common use of the verb in early Christian literature.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑπακοή (hupakoē) — obedience. ὑπᾰκοή, ἡ, (ὑπακούω) obedience, [NT+6th c.AD+]; answer to prayer, [LXX]