ὑπακούω; imperfect 
ὑπήκουον; 1 aorist 
ὑπήκουσα; from 
Homer down; 
to listen, hearken; 
1. properly, of one who on a knock at the door comes to listen who it is (the duty of the porter), 
Acts 12:13 (where 
A. V. hearken, R. V. answer) (
Xenophon, symp. 1, 11; 
Plato, Crito, p. 43 a.; Phaedo, p. 59 e.; 
Demosthenes, 
Lucian, 
Plutarch, others). 
2. to hearken to a command, i. e. 
to obey, be obedient unto, submit to, (so in Greek writings from 
Herodotus down): absolutely, 
Philippians 2:12 (cf. 
Winer's Grammar, 594 (552)); 
ὑπήκουσεν ἐξελθεῖν (
R. V. obeyed to go out i. e.) went out obediently, 
Hebrews 11:8; with a dative of the person (in Greek writings also with a genitive), 
Matthew 8:27; 
Mark 1:27; 
Mark 4:41; 
Luke 8:25; 
Luke 17:6; 
Romans 6:16; 
Ephesians 6:1, 
5; 
Colossians 3:20, 
22; 
Hebrews 5:9; 
1 Peter 3:6; with a dative of the thing, 
τῇ πίστει (see 
πίστις, 1 b. 
α., p. 513b near top), 
Acts 6:7; 
ὑπηκούσατε εἰς ὅν παρεδόθητε τύπον διδαχῆς, by attraction for 
τῷ τύπω τῆς διδαχῆς εἰς ὅν κτλ. (
Winers Grammar, § 24, 2 b.; cf. 
τύπος, 3), 
Romans 6:17; 
τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ, 
Romans 10:16; 
2 Thessalonians 1:8; 
τῷ λόγῳ, 
2 Thessalonians 3:14; 
τῇ ἁμαρτία (
Rec.), 
ταῖς ἐιθυμιαις (
L T Tr WH), i. e. to allow oneself to be captivated by, governed by, etc., 
Romans 6:12. 
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