Quick Definition
ὑπήκοος, ον Adj listening to, obedient
Strong's Definition
from 5219; attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive
KJV Usage: obedient
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑπήκοος, -ov, (ἀκοή ; See ὑπακούω, 2), fr. Aeschyl. and Hat. down, giving ear, obedient: Phil. ii. 8; with dat. of the pers. Acts vii. 39; eis πάντα, 2 Co. ii. 9.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑπήκοος hypēkoos 3x
giving ear; obedient, submissive, Acts 7:39; 2 Cor. 2:9; Phil. 2:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπήκοος, -ον
(< ὑπακούω), [in LXX: Jo 17:13 (לָמַם) Pr 21:28 (שׁוֺמֵעַ), etc. ;]
giving ear, obedient, subject: Phl 2:8; c. dat. pers., Ac 7:39; εἰς πάντα, II Co 2:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑπήκοος, ‘‘ obedient,” ‘‘subject.”” In a panegyrical inscr. found ona marble throne at Adule on the Red Sea, Ptolemy III. is described as τοὺς μονάρχους τοὺς ἐν τοῖς τόποις πάντας ὑπηκόους καταστήσας (OG/S 5417-c. B.c. 247). Cf. CP Herm 1. 52% 18 (iii/A.D.) κατὰ τὴν ἔμφυτον αὐτοῦ πρὸς το[ὺς ὑπ]ηκόους φιλανθρωπίαν, P Lond 461! (iv/a.p.) (=I. p. 70) ὑπόταξόν μοι πάντα τὰ δημόνια, ἵνα μοι ἣν ὑπήκοος πᾶς δαίμων οὐράνιος, and 74. V. 16783 (A.D. 566-573) ἢ δούλϊων ἡμῶν καὶ ὑπηκόων. For ὑπήκοος c. dat., as in Ac 79%, cf. Sy// 326 (ΞΞ * 709)15 (c. B.c. 107) σχεδὸν πάντας ὑπακόους συνέβα γεν[έϊσϑαι [βα]φιλεῖ Μιθραδάται Εὐπάτορι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑπήκοος (hupēkoos) — obedient. ὑπήκοος, ον, (ἀκοή) hearkening, ἀμφοτέροισι perhaps answering with both gifts, [Refs]; a hearer, scholar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. obeying, subject, with genitive, Πέρσας Μήδων ὑπηκόους ἐποίησε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ναυσὶ καὶ οὐ φόρῳ ὑ. liable to furnish.. (compare ὑποτελής), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τροφὴ ὑ. τῇ πέψει easy of digestion, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὕλη ὑ. phlegm easily brought up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. absolutely as substantive, ὑπήκοοι, οἱ, subjects, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ὑ. (i.e. χώρα) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ὑ. ={οἱ ὑ}., τὸ ὑ. τῶν ξυμμάχων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the subject allies of Athens were called ὑπήκοοι, opposed to αὐτόνομοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]