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Lexicon :: Strong's G5255 - hypēkoos

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ὑπήκοος
Transliteration
hypēkoos (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-ay'-ko-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:224,34

Strong’s Definitions

ὑπήκοος hupēkŏŏs, hoop-ay'-ko-os; from G5219; attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive:—obedient.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G5255 in the following manner: obedient (2x), obey (with G1096) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G5255 in the following manner: obedient (2x), obey (with G1096) (1x).

  1. giving ear, obedient

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑπήκοος hupēkŏŏs, hoop-ay'-ko-os; from G5219; attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive:—obedient.
STRONGS G5255:
ὑπήκοος, ὑπηκον (ἀκοή; see ὑπακούω, 2), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, giving ear, obedient: Philippians 2:8; with the dative of the person Acts 7:39; εἰς πάντα, 2 Corinthians 2:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
7:39
2 Corinthians
2:9
Philippians
2:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5255 matches the Greek ὑπήκοος (hypēkoos),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:11 - And if it responds to you peaceably and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:13 - Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:3 - When I was a son with my father,
tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:1 - A wise son hears his father’s instruction,
but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 - A false witness will perish,
but the word of a man who hears will endure.
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