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ὑπακούω

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Gloss: to obey

Transliteration: hupakouō

Strong’s: G5219

ὑπακούω
[in LXX: chiefly for שָׁמַע ;]
to listen, attend, hence,
__(a) to answer a knock at a door (Plat., Xen., al.): Act.12:13;
__(b) to attend to, submit to, obey (Hdt., Thuc., al.): absol., Php.2:12; with inf., Heb.11:8; with dative of person(s) (Plat., al.; but more frequently with genitive), Mat.8:27, Mrk.1:27 4:41, Luk.8:25 17:6, Rom.6:16, Eph.6:1, 5, Col.3:20, 22, Heb.5:9, 1Pe.3:6; with dative of thing(s), Act.6:7, Rom.6:12 10:16, 2Th.1:8 3:14; before εἰς (by attraction, for dative; see ICC, in l), Rom.6:17.†
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