ὑπακοήhypakoḗ
obedience (opposed to παρακοή)
Greek (New Testament) · G5218
Meanings
1. in general, absolutely, εἰς ὑ., Romans 6:16; with genitive subjc., 2 Corinthians 7:15, 2 Corinthians 10:6, Philemon 1:21; with genitive object, Romans 1:5 Romans 16:26, 1 Peter 1:22; τ. Χριστοῦ, 2 Corinthians 10:5.
2. Of obedience to God's commands: absolutely, 1 Peter 1:2; opposed to ἁμαρτία, Romans 6:16; τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, 1 Peter 1:14; with genitive subj., Romans 15:18, Romans 16:19.
3. Of Christ's obedience: absolutely, Hebrews 5:8; with genitive subj., Romans 5:19.
(The word is not found except in LXX, NT and ecclesiastical).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Romans 1:5 Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority as apostles to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.
- Romans 5:19 Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.
- Romans 6:16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.
- Romans 15:18 Yet I dare not boast about anything except what Christ has done through me, bringing the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I worked among them.
- Romans 16:19 But everyone knows that you are obedient to the Lord. This makes me very happy. I want you to be wise in doing right and to stay innocent of any wrong.
- 2 Corinthians 7:15 Now he cares for you more than ever when he remembers the way all of you obeyed him and welcomed him with such fear and deep respect.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.