ὑπόhypó
under, i.e. (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (underneath) or where (below) or time (when (at))
Greek (New Testament) · G5259
Meanings
I. C. genitive, primarily of place, under, hence, metaphorically, of the efficient cause, by: after passive verbs, with genitive of person, Matthew 1:22, Mark 1:5, Luke 2:18, John 14:21, Acts 4:11, 1 Corinthians 1:11, Hebrews 3:4, and elsewhere; with genitive of thing, Matthew 8:24, Luke 7:24, Romans 3:21, and elsewhere; with neuter verbs and verbs with passive meaning, Matthew 17:12, Mark 5:26, 1 Corinthians 10:9, 1 Corinthians 10:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:14, and elsewhere
II. C. accusative, under
1. of motion: Matthew 5:15, Matthew 8:8, Mark 4:21, Luke 13:34; hence, metaphorically, of subjection, Romans 7:14, 1 Corinthians 15:27, Galatians 3:22, 1 Peter 5:6, and elsewhere
2. Of position: John 1:49, Acts 4:12, Romans 3:13, 1 Corinthians 10:1, and elsewhere; hence, metaphorically, under, subject to, Matthew 8:9, Romans 3:9, 1 Corinthians 9:20, Galatians 4:5, and elsewhere
3. Of time, about: Acts 5:21.
III. In composition: under (ὑποδέω), hence, of subjection (ὑποτάσσω), compliance (ὑπακούω), secrecy (ὑποβάλλω), diminution (ὑποπνέω).
Same root
- ὑπομιμνήσκωhypomimnḗskō · G5279to remind quietly, i.e. suggest to the (middle voice, one's own) memory
- ὑπέχωhypéchō · G5254to hold oneself under, i.e. endure with patience
- ὑπάρχωhypárchō · G5225to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
- ὑποστέλλωhypostéllō · G5288to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve)
- ὑποστρέφωhypostréphō · G5290to turn under (behind), i.e. to return (literally or figuratively)
- ὕπανδροςhýpandros · G5220in subjection under a man, i.e. a married woman
- ὑποτρέχωhypotréchō · G5295to run under, i.e. (specially), to sail past
- ὕπνοςhýpnos · G5258sleep, i.e. (figuratively) spiritual torpor
Where it appears
Appears 219 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 1:22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
- Matthew 2:15 and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
- Matthew 2:16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
- Matthew 3:6 And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.
- Matthew 3:13 Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.
- Matthew 3:14 But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?”
See every passage
- Matthew 1:22, 2:15, 2:16, 3:6, 3:13, 3:14, 4:1, 5:13, 5:15, 6:2, 8:8, 8:9, 8:24, 10:22, 11:7, 11:27, 14:8, 14:24, 17:12, 19:12, 20:23, 22:31, 23:7, 23:37, 24:9, 27:12
- Mark 1:5, 1:9, 1:13, 2:3, 4:21, 4:32, 5:4, 5:26, 8:31, 13:13
- Luke 2:18, 2:21, 2:26, 3:7, 3:19, 4:2, 4:15, 7:6, 7:8, 7:24, 7:30, 8:14, 8:29, 9:7, 9:8, 10:22, 11:33, 13:17, 13:34, 14:8, 16:22, 17:20, 17:24, 21:16, 21:17, 21:20, 21:24, 23:8
- John 1:48, 14:21
- Acts 2:5, 2:24, 4:11, 4:12, 5:16, 5:21, 8:6, 10:17, 10:22, 10:33, 10:38, 10:41, 10:42, 12:5, 13:4, 13:45, 15:3, 15:40, 16:2, 16:4, 16:6, 16:14, 17:13, 17:19, 17:25, 20:3, 21:35, 22:11, 22:12, 22:30, 23:10, 23:27, 24:26, 25:14, 26:2, 26:6, 26:7, 27:11, 27:41
- Romans 3:9, 3:13, 3:21, 6:14, 6:15, 7:14, 12:21, 13:1, 15:15, 15:24, 16:20
- 1 Corinthians 1:11, 2:12, 2:15, 4:3, 6:12, 7:25, 8:3, 9:20, 10:1, 10:9, 10:10, 10:29, 11:32, 14:24, 15:25, 15:27
- 2 Corinthians 1:4, 1:16, 2:6, 2:11, 3:2, 3:3, 5:4, 8:19, 8:20, 11:24, 12:11
- Galatians 1:11, 3:10, 3:17, 3:22, 3:23, 3:25, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4, 4:5, 4:9, 4:21, 5:15, 5:18
- Ephesians 1:22, 2:11, 5:12, 5:13
- Philippians 1:28, 3:12
- Colossians 1:23, 2:18
- 1 Thessalonians 1:4, 2:4, 2:14
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13
- 1 Timothy 6:1
- 2 Timothy 2:26
- Hebrews 2:3, 3:4, 5:4, 5:10, 7:7, 9:19, 11:23, 12:3, 12:5
- James 1:14, 2:3, 2:9, 3:4, 3:6, 5:12
- 1 Peter 2:4, 5:6
- 2 Peter 1:17, 1:21, 2:7, 2:17, 3:2
- 3 John 1:12
- Jude 1:6, 1:12, 1:17
- Revelation 6:8, 6:13
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.