ΥΠΗΚΟΩΝ, υπηκοων
YPĒKOŌN, ypēkoōn
Sounds Like: hoo-pay-KO-ohn
Translations: (of) obedient, (of) subject, (of) subjects, (of) those who obey, (of) those who are subject
From the root: ΥΠΗΚΟΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is obedient or subject to authority. It is often used as a noun to refer to 'subjects' or 'those who obey'. In the provided context, it is used in the genitive plural, indicating 'of subjects' or 'of those who are subject'. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπό' (hypo, 'under') and 'ἀκούω' (akouō, 'to hear'), literally meaning 'hearing under' or 'listening under authority'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5218 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:253
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 1:20, 15:390
- Book 8 — 8:215, 15:393
- Book 13 — 9:262
- Book 18 — 2:43, 6:178
- Book 19 — 1:4
- Book 20 — 2:42, 2:47, 9:212
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΗΚΟΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΥΠΗΚΟΑ — obedient, subject, submissive, obedient things, subject things
- ΥΠΗΚΟΟΙ — obedient, subject, a subject, subjects
- ΥΠΗΚΟΟΙΣ — obedient, subject, a subject, (to) subjects, (to) obedient ones
- ΥΠΗΚΟΟΝ — obedient, submissive, subject, a subject, an obedient one
- ΥΠΗΚΟΟΣ — obedient, submissive, compliant
- ΥΠΗΚΟΟΥ — obedient, submissive, subject, a subject, subjects
- ΥΠΗΚΟΟΥΣ — obedient, subject, submissive
- ΥΠΗΟΟΙ — obedient, subject, obedient ones, subjects
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