To obey
ὑπακούωStrong’s G5219hupakouō
Appears in 21 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hupakouō is the Greek word usually translated “do obey”, “obey” and “obeying”. It appears in 21 verses of the New Testament.
“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:”
Meaning
Usually translated “do obey”, “obey” and “obeying”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- do obey 4
- obey 2
- they obey 2
- obeying 2
- obeyed 2
- it obeys 1
- it have obeyed 1
- were becoming obedient 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 4
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- Acts 2
- Ephesians 2
- Colossians 2
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14In contextAnd if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
- Matthew 8:27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- Mark 1:27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
- Mark 4:41And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
- Luke 8:25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
- Luke 17:6And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Greek dictionary
ὑπακούω hupakouō · to obey
ὑπακούω [in LXX: chiefly for שָׁמַע ;] to listen, attend, hence, (a) to answer a knock at a door (Plat., Xen., al.): Act.12:13; (b) to attend to, submit to, obey (Hdt., Thuc., al.): absol., Php.2:12; with inf., Heb.11:8; with dative of person(s) (Plat., al.; but more frequently with genitive), Mat.8:27, Mrk.1:27 4:41, Luk.8:25 17:6, Rom.6:16, Eph.6:1, 5, Col.3:20, 22, Heb.5:9, 1Pe.3:6; with dative of thing(s), Act.6:7, Rom.6:12 10:16, 2Th.1:8 3:14; before εἰς (by attraction, for dative; see ICC, in l), Rom.6:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “obey” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OBEY, verb transitive
[Latin obedio; Gr.]
- To comply with the commands, orders or instructions of a superior, or with the requirements of law, moral, political or municipal; to do that which is commanded or required, or to forbear doing that which is prohibited.“Children, obey your parents in the Lord” Ephesians 6:1“Servants, obey in all things your masters” Colossians 3:22
- To submit to the government of; to be ruled by.
- To submit to the direction or control of.“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof” Romans 6:12
- To yield to the impulse, power or operation of; as, to obey stimulus.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.