ὑπακοή

ὑπακοῆς, ἡ (from ὑπακούω, which see), obedience, compliance, submission (opposed to παρακοή): absolutely, εἰς ὑπακοήν, unto obedience i. e. to obey, Rom 6:16 (cf. Winers Grammar, 612 (569); Buttmann, § 151, 28 d.); obedience rendered to anyone's counsels: with a subject. genitive, 2 Cor 7:15; 2 Cor 10:6; Phm 1:21; with a genitive of the object, — of the thing to which one submits himself, τῆς πίστεως (see πίστις, 1 b. α., p. 513b), Rom 1:5; Rom 16:26; τῆς ἀληθείας, 1 Pet 1:22; of the person, τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 2 Cor 10:5; the obedience of one who conforms his conduct to God's commands, absolutely, 1 Pet 1:2; opposed to ἁμαρτία, Rom 6:16; τέκνα ὑπακοῆς, i. e. ὑπηκωι, 1 Pet 1:14; with a subjective genitive Rom 15:18; an obedience shown in observing the requirements of Christianity, ὑπακοή ὑμῶν, i. e. contextually, the report concerning your obedience, Rom 16:19; the obedience with which Christ followed out the saving purpose of God, especially by his sufferings and death: absolutely, Heb 5:8; with a genitive of the subject, Rom 5:19. (The word is not found in secular authors; nor in the Sept., except in 2 Sam 22:36 with the sense of favorable hearing; in 2 Sam 23:23 Aq. we find ὁ ἐπί ὑπακοήν τίνος, Vulg.qui alicui est a secretis, where it bears its primary and proper signification of listening; see ὑπακούω.)