# G5255 ὑπήκοος

ὑπήκοος (hypḗkoos), Strong’s G5255: attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive KJV: obedient. Occurs 8 times.

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*hypḗkoos* — attentively listening, i.e. (by implication) submissive

KJV: obedient

Derived from [ὑπακούω hypakoúō](https://besorah.bible/word/G5219) (to hear under)

Occurs 8 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 7:39](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/7?v=39) — to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
- [2 Corinthians 2:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/2?v=9) — For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
- [Philippians 2:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/philippians/2?v=8) — And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.