adjective

hupēkoos

Greekὑπήκοος (hupēkoos)

Strong’sG5255

listening to, obedient

stem hupēko-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

obedient2×willing1×

What it means

ὑπήκοος, -ον

(< ὑπακούω), [in LXX: Jo 17:13 (לָמַם) Pr 21:28 (שׁוֺמֵעַ), etc.;]

giving ear, obedient, subject: Phl 2:8; c. dat. pers., Ac 7:39; εἰς πάντα, II Co 2:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5255 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoop-ay'-ko-os

attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive

Fromfrom G5219;

King Jamesobedient.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hupēkoos1×ὑπήκοος	hupēkoas	hupēkoem	hupēkoois2×ὑπήκοοι	hupēkoais	hupēkoeim
object accusative	hupēkoon	hupēkoan		hupēkooin	hupēkoain
direct address vocative	hupēkoor	hupēkoar		hupēkooir	hupēkoair
of, belonging to genitive	hupēkoou	hupēkoau	hupēkoeu	hupēkooiu	hupēkoaiu	hupēkoeiu
to, for dative	hupēkoo	hupēkoa	hupēkoe	hupēkooi	hupēkoai	hupēkoei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hupēkostem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hupēko is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

hupēkoos“obedient”subjectnominative singular1×

Philippians 2:8“obedient”tapeinata heauton gineratos hupēkoos mechris thanatou, thanatou de staurou;And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross.

hupēkoois“willing”subjectnominative plural2×

Acts 7:39“willing”ho ouk thelala hupēkoois ginera tois patērois nu, alla apōthela kai strefila en tai kardiai autoiu eis Aiguptan,But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

2 Corinthians 2:9“obedient”eis houtem gar kai grafama hina gnōskameia tan dokiman vu, ei eis panteim hupēkoois avō.My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.