ὑπακοῆς

hypakoḗ

obedient

Attentive hearing or listening leading to responsive action; the act of complying with a command, instruction, or request; the state or condition of obedience. In various contexts, may refer to yielding to authority, submitting to orders, or fulfilling expected actions in response to a directive. The sense can encompass both the act (listening/responding) and the resulting state (being obedient).

G5218

1 Peter 1:14 · Word #3

Lexicon G5218

Lemmaὑπακοή
Transliterationhypakoḗ
Strong'sG5218
DefinitionAttentive hearing or listening leading to responsive action; the act of complying with a command, instruction, or request; the state or condition of obedience. In various contexts, may refer to yielding to authority, submitting to orders, or fulfilling expected actions in response to a directive. The sense can encompass both the act (listening/responding) and the resulting state (being obedient).

Morphology N GEN F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case GEN — Genitive — Possession, source, or separation
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phraseobedient
Literalof-obedience

Lexical Info

Lemmaὑπακοή
Strong'sG5218

SIBI-P1 Translation G5218-03

of obedient listening

Morphological NotesNoun, genitive, feminine, singular (Gr,N,,,,,GFS); denotes possession, source, or relationship.
Rendering RationaleThe noun denotes attentive hearing that results in compliance, not mere abstract obedience. The genitive feminine singular form is reflected by "of," preserving its case as a dependent or possessive form.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

of obedience

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleP1 'of obedient listening' is root-faithful, but in this context 'of obedience' aligns with common idiomatic usage in English and is warranted by SILEX as an appropriate rendering for ὑπακοῆς in this phrase.
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