ὑπήκουον

ὑπακούω

hearken: imperf ind act 3rd pl (attic epic ionic)

ὑπακούω

hearken: imperf ind act 1st sg (attic epic ionic)

ὑπακούω

hearken: imperf ind act 3rd pl (attic epic ionic)

ὑπακούω

hearken: imperf ind act 1st sg (attic epic ionic)

ὑπᾰκού-ω, [tense] fut.

A

- ακούσομαι LXX Ge.41.40

(v. sub fin.); later

- ακούσω Mim.Oxy.413.222

:

I hearken, give ear,

θεοὶ δ' ὑπὸ πάντες ἄκουον Il.8.4

;

ὁ δ' ἄρ' ἐμμαπέως ὑπάκουσε Od.14.485

, cf. h.Ven. 180: c. gen.,

ὄττις.. πλάσιον ἆδυ φωνείσας ὐπακούει Sapph.2.4

;

ὑμῶν Ar.V. 318

(lyr.);

τῆς κρίσεως Aeschin.3.56

(s.v.l.).

2 answer (by voice or act) when called, ἢ ἐξελθέμεναι

ἢ ἔνδοθεν αἶψ' ὑπακοῦσαι Od.4.283

, cf. 10.83, E.Alc. 400 (lyr.), Ar.V. 273 (lyr.), Theoc.13.59: in Prose,

ὁ κῆρυξ ἐκήρυττε τίς τὴν ἱκετηρίαν καταθείη, καὶ οὐδεὶς ὑπήκουεν And.1.112

;

τῷ παιδίῳ Ar.Lys. 878

, cf. Nu. 360 (anap.), X.Ages.3.4, Aeschin.1.49, D.19.266.

b in a dialogue, answer when questioned, σοι Pl.Sph. 217d;

τοῖς λόγοις Id.Lg. 898c

.

3 listen to, heed, regard, c. gen. rei, Id.Tht. 162d, X. Cyr.8.1.20;

ὑ. νόμων Pl.Lg. 708d

; ὑ. διαίτῃ submit to a regimen, Id.R. 459c;

λόγῳ Arist.Pol. 1333a18

; ὑ. τῷ ξυμφόρῳ τινός comply with his interest, Th.5.98; δείπνῳ ὑ. accept an invitation to dinner, Ath. 6.247d: abs., give way, submit, comply, Hdt.3.148, 4.119, Pl.Prt. 325a, PCair.Zen.367.15 (iii B.C.): with a neut. Pron., μάλα γε τοῦτο ὑπήκουσεν in this matter he obeyed, X.Cyr.2.2.3;

οὐδὲν τούτων ὑπήκουον Th.1.29

, cf. 139, 140, etc.; ὑ. τινός τι or τινί τι, obey one in a thing, ib.26, Pl.Lg. 774b.

II Special senses:

1 of porters, answer a knock at the door,

ὑ. τινί Id.Cri. 43a

: abs., Id.Phd. 59e, Act.Ap.12.13;

< παρὰ> τὴν θύραν Thphr.Char.4.9

, 28.3; ὁ ὑπακούσας the porter, X.Smp.1.11, cf. D.47.35.

2 of a judge, listen to a complainant, τινι X.Cyr.8.1.18; also of the parties in legal proceedings, appear before the court, Is.4.28, D.19.257,290;

ὑ. εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον Hyp.Eux.2

, cf. PSI10.1100.10 (ii A.D.), Sammelb.7369.10 (ii/iii A.D.).

3 of dependants, subjects, etc., obey, submit to,

Δαρείου οὐδαμὰ ὑ. Hdt. 3.101

;

Ἀθηναίων Th.4.56

, cf. 6.82;

τοῖς πέλας Id.2.61

.

b Astrol., to aspect from South to North, of the southernmost of two zodiacal signs equidistant from an equinoctial point, opp. προστάσσειν, Ptol. Tetr.35; = ἀκούω v, Paul.Al.E.2.

4 answer one's expectations, succeed,

ὑπήκουέ μοι τὸ πρᾶγμα Luc.Icar.10

;

τῆς μεταλλείας ἀσθενῶς ὑπακουούσης Str.9.1.23

.

5 ὑ. αὐγαῖς ἁλίου to be subject to the sun's rays, Pi.O.3.24;

ταῖς ὥραις Thphr.CP1.15.1

; τοῦ ψύχους ib. 5.4.2; ὑπακούουσι τῶν τῆς ἀρχῆς παθημάτων οἱ κατὰ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς μύες feel the effects of.., Gal.18(2).68.

6 of ailments, yield, give way to a remedy, τινι Hp.Epid.3.8, Gal.6.354: abs., Hp.Prorrh. 2.39, Sor.1.122, Gal.6.439: metaph.,

τὸ μυθῶδες ὑ. λόγῳ Plu.Thes. 1

;

τοῖς ἰσχυρῶς φερομένοις ὑ. ὁ ἀήρ Archyt.1

; πληγαῖς ὑ., of metal, Plu.2.802b;

ὑποχόνδριον ὑπακοῦον

yielding to pressure,

Hp.Epid.4.45

;

μὴ εὐθέως ὑπακούοντος εἰς ἐξολκὴν τοῦ ἐμβρύου Sor.2.62

, cf. 86.

7 concede a point in dispute, Arist.Top. 161b15.

8 correspond, πᾶσα παραγωγὴ ἐπιρρηματικὴ.. μιᾷ ὑπακούει πτώσει κατὰ τὴν διάλυσιν every adverbial derivative corresponds to a case, e.g. οἴκοθι to ἐν οἴκῳ, A.D.Adv.206.21; conform to a theory, Id.Synt.236.14.

III κοινὸν ὑ. understand under the term κοινόν .., Pl.Phlb. 31c, cf. Plu.2.23c:—[voice] Pass., κοινῶς ὑ. to be understood in a general sense, Phld.Po. 5.35.

2 in Gramm., understand a word omitted, A.D.Synt.22.21 ([voice] Pass.): τὸ -όμενον what one has in mind, the subject, Id.Pron. 68.15, al.

3 understand, c. acc. et inf., Phld.Mus.p.72 K., Po. 5.9.

IV [tense] fut. ὑπακούσεται in Th.6.69, if correct, must be [voice] Pass., if their service shall be lighter; but Sch. gives ὑπακούσονται, whence ξυγκαταστρεψάμενοι (for - οις) is conjectured.

ὑπακούω impf. ὑπήκουον; fut. ὑπακούσομαι; 1 aor. ὑπήκουσα (s. ὑπακοή; Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 6:4 P; TestJob 4:8; Test12Patr; EpArist 44; Philo; Joseph., Ath. 15, 2) ‘listen to’.

① to follow instructions, obey, follow, be subject to w. gen. of pers. (Hdt. 3, 101 al.; so predom. in pap and LXX; TestGad 8:3) B 9:1 (Ps 17:45 v.l.; the text has μοι). W. dat. of pers. (Thu., Aristoph. et al.; Philo, Mos. 1, 156; Jos., Ant. 13, 275; TestJud 1:4; 18:6 θεῷ; Ath. 15:2 αὐτῷ [God]; Iren. 3, 21, 2 [Harv. II 113, 2]; in pap and LXX the dat. is less freq. than the gen. B-D-F §173, 3; 187, 6; s. Rob. 507; 634): parents Eph 6:1; Col 3:20; masters Eph 6:5; Col 3:22; cp. Ro 6:16; husband (cp. Philemon Com. 132 K. ἀγαθῆς γυναικός ἐστιν μὴ κρείττονʼ εἶναι τἀνδρός, ἀλλʼ ὑπήκοον; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 201) 1 Pt 3:6; the ἐπίσκοπος IEph 20:2, cp. IMg 3:2 v.l. Funk (Sb 7835, 10 [I B.C.] in the charter of the cult-brotherhood of Zeus Hypsistos: ὑπακούειν πάντας τοῦ ἡγουμένου); Christ Hb 5:9 (cp. Ael. Aristid. 50, 86 K.=26 p. 527 D.: τῷ θεῷ; EKamlah, Die Form der katalogischen Paränese im NT, ’64 [moral exhortation]). The pers. is supplied fr. the context (cp. PTebt 24, 26; TestJob 4:8; EpArist 44; 2 Ch 24:19 v.l.) Phil 2:12; 1 Cl 7:6; 57:4 (Pr 1:24). ὑπακούσωμεν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ 1 Cl 58:1 marks the transition to the next usage (w. things).—‘To be in compliance’ (Aesop, Fab. 179 H.), w. dat. of the thing to which one is obedient or which one embraces in full surrender (cp. Athen. 6, 247d ὑπ. δείπνῳ=accept the invitation Theoph. Ant. 2, 25 [p. 162, 4] τῇ πατρικῇ ἐντολῇ) ὑπακούειν τῇ πίστει Ac 6:7; τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ Ro 10:16; 2 Th 1:8; τῷ λόγῳ ἡμῶν 2 Th 3:14; τῇ βουλήσει αὐτοῦ (=τοῦ θεοῦ) 1 Cl 9:1; 42:4 (Lat. tr.); τοῖς προστάγμασιν 2 Cl 19:3 (Aeschines 1, 49 and SIG 785, 18 τ. νόμοις; Demosth. 18, 204; Jos., Ant. 3, 207 τ. λεγομένοις; 5, 198); ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ (=τοῦ θνητοῦ σώματος ὑμῶν) Ro 6:12. ὑπηκούσατε εἰς ὸ̔ν παρεδόθητε τύπον διδαχῆς vs. 17 (παραδίδωμι 1b, end).—MWolter, Ethos u. Identität in Paulinischen Gemeinden: NTS 43, ’97, 439 n. 32 (lit. and pseudepigr. reff.).—Foll. by the inf. which shows what the obedience results in (Gen 39:10) Ἀβραὰμ ὑπήκουσεν ἐξελθεῖν Abr. went out obediently Hb 11:8.—Also of the enforced obedience of hostile spirits or powers ὐπακούουσιν αὐτῷ they are forced to obey him Mk 1:27; of the elements Mt 8:27 (OBetz, ZNW 48, ’57, 49–77, esp. 70–72); Mk 4:41; Lk 8:25; of a tree that must yield to a higher power 17:6 (cp. Hippocr., Epid. 3, 8; Galen VI 354 K., who speak of diseases that ὑπ.=‘must yield’ to a remedy [dative]).

② to grant one’s request, hear (of God Diod S 4, 34, 5 τοὺς ἀθανάτους ὑπακούσαντας; Vi. Aesopi I G 5 P. of Isis; Is 65:24; Jos., Ant. 14, 24.—X., Cyr. 8, 1, 18 of a judge who hears a plaintiff) 1 Cl 39:7 (Job 5:1).

③ to answer a knock at the door, technically of the door-keeper, whose duty it is to listen for the signals of those who wish to enter, and to admit them if they are entitled to do so: open or answer (the door) (Pla., Phd. 59e ὁ θυρωρός, ὅσπερ εἰώθει ὑπακούειν, Crito 43a; X., Symp. 1, 11; Theophr., Char. 4, 9; 28, 3; Lucian, Icar. 22 et al.) προσῆλθεν παιδίσκη ὑπακοῦσαι Ac 12:13.—M-M. TW.