ὑπακοή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the verb ὑπακούω (hupakoúō, “give ear, hearken”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pa.ko.ɛ̌ː/ → /y.pa.koˈi/ → /i.pa.koˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pa.ko.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.pa.koˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.pa.koˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.pa.koˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pa.koˈi/

Noun

ὑπᾰκοή • (hupakoḗ) f (genitive ὑπᾰκοής); first declension

1. obedience
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 5:19:

     ὥσπερ γὰρ διὰ τῆς παρακοῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἁμαρτωλοὶ κατεστάθησαν οἱ πολλοί, οὕτω καὶ διὰ τῆς ὑπακοῆς τοῦ ἑνὸς δίκαιοι κατασταθήσονται οἱ πολλοί.

     hṓsper gàr dià tês parakoês toû henòs anthrṓpou hamartōloì katestáthēsan hoi polloí, hoútō kaì dià tês hupakoês toû henòs díkaioi katastathḗsontai hoi polloí.

     • Translation by KJV

       For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

2. answer to prayer
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy) ypakoë

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὑ̆πᾰκοή; τῆς ὑ̆πᾰκοῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὑ̆πᾰκοή hē hupakoḗ	τὼ ὑ̆πᾰκοᾱ́ tṑ hupakoā́	αἱ ὑ̆πᾰκοαί hai hupakoaí
Genitive	τῆς ὑ̆πᾰκοῆς tês hupakoês	τοῖν ὑ̆πᾰκοαῖν toîn hupakoaîn	τῶν ὑ̆πᾰκοῶν tôn hupakoôn
Dative	τῇ ὑ̆πᾰκοῇ têi hupakoêi	τοῖν ὑ̆πᾰκοαῖν toîn hupakoaîn	ταῖς ὑ̆πᾰκοαῖς taîs hupakoaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὑ̆πᾰκοήν tḕn hupakoḗn	τὼ ὑ̆πᾰκοᾱ́ tṑ hupakoā́	τᾱ̀ς ὑ̆πᾰκοᾱ́ς tā̀s hupakoā́s
Vocative	ὑ̆πᾰκοή hupakoḗ	ὑ̆πᾰκοᾱ́ hupakoā́	ὑ̆πᾰκοαί hupakoaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• (obedience): παρακοή (parakoḗ)

Further reading

• “ὑπακοή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑπακοή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G5218 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible