Quick Definition
ὑπείκω v. I yield
Strong's Definition
from 5259 and eiko (to yield, be "weak"); to surrender
KJV Usage: submit self
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | εἴκω
36.18 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Obey, Disobey
to obey, to submit to, obedience, submission to submit to the orders or directives of someone
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπ-είκω ; fr. Hom. down; to resist no longer, but to give way, yield, (prop. of combatants); metaph. to yield to authority and admonition, to submit: Heb. xiii. 17.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑπείκω hypeikō 1x
to yield, give way; absol. to be submissive, Heb. 13:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ὑπ-είκω
[in LXX: IV Mac 6:35 * ;]
o retire, withdraw.
to yield, submit: metaph., He 13:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑπείκω, “*submit,’’ is found in the NT only in Heb 1317. Moffatt (7CC ad 1) cites by way of illustration of the context, though the word itself is not found, Epict. Fragw. 27 τὸν προσομιλοῦντα. . . διασκοποῦ . . ἀκούειν χρὴ καὶ πείθεσθαι. ' ΡΩΝ; + εἰ μὲν ἀμείνονα,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑπείκω (hupeikō) — to submit. ὑπείκ-ω, Epic dialect ὑποείκω, with imperfect ὑπόεικον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ὑπείξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect also ὑποείξομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ὑπεῖξα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ὑπόειξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—retire, withdraw, depart, with genitive loci, νεῶν from the ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. τινὶ ἕδρης retire from one's seat for another, make room for him, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. τοῦ ἀρχαίου λόγου draw back from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τινὶ λόγων (conjecture Valck. for λόγῳ) give one the first word, allow him to speak first, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. yield, give way, ὑ. τινί [Refs]: absolutely, of a seaman, ὅστις.. πόδα τείνας ὑπείκει μηδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, [Refs 8th c.BC+]are soft and yielding, [Refs]; ἐν ὑπείκοντι in a yielding substance, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ ὑπεῖκον, ={οἱ ὑπείκοντες}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. with accusative, πάροιθε νεμεσσηθεὶς ὑπόειξε χεῖρας ἐμάς he scaped my hands, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, yield, give way, comply,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; σοὶ πᾶν ἔργον ὑπείξομαι I will give way to thee in.., [Refs]yield, submit, [NT+5th c.BC+]: sometimes with dative, submit to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, νῷν ὕπεικε τὸν κασίγνητον μολεῖν concede to us that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. δαμῆναι submit to be conquered, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but ὑ. μὴ πολεμίζειν yield, so as not to.., probable reading [Refs]