Strong’s G5255 · Greek
ὑπήκοος
hypḗkoos · hoop-ay'-ko-os
Origin from ὑπακούω (G5219);
Meaning attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive
In the King James Version obedient.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 7:39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
- 2 Corinthians 2:9For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
- Philippians 2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.