hypakouō · obey

What it means

hypakouō (ὑπακούω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “obey”.

Also listen, answer a knock at the door.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To listen and obey.
2. To go and open the door.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• obey ×14
• obeyed ×5
• answer ×1
• were obeying ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• Acts×2
• Romans×4
• Ephesians×2
• Philippians×1
• Colossians×2
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• Hebrews×2
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 8:27

  And the men were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”

• Mark 1:27

  And they were all amazed, so that they questioned one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

• Mark 4:41

  And they feared with a great fear and were saying to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

• Luke 8:25

  And he said to them, “Where is your faith?” And being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”

• Luke 17:6

  And the Lord said, “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

• Acts 6:7

  And the word of God kept growing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying greatly, and a great crowd of the priests were obeying the faith.

• Acts 12:13

  And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.

• Romans 6:12

  Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires;

• Romans 6:16

  Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

• Romans 6:17

  But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you obeyed from the heart the form of teaching to which you were handed over;

• Romans 10:16

  But not all obeyed the good news; for Isaiah says: Lord, who has believed our message?

• Ephesians 6:1

  Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

• Ephesians 6:5

  Slaves, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to the Messiah,

• Philippians 2:12

  So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

• Colossians 3:20

  Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.

• Colossians 3:22

  Slaves, obey in everything your masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:8

  in a flame of fire, inflicting punishment on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:14

  And if anyone does not obey our word through this letter, take note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

• Hebrews 5:9

  and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

• Hebrews 11:8

  By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance; and he went out not knowing where he was going.

• 1 Peter 3:6

  as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him master; whose children you have become if you do good and do not fear any terror.