to obey
Hupakouo describes responding in submission to a command, instruction, or authority, including people, teaching, and Christ.
The attested use most often concerns submitting to a person, command, teaching, or claimed ruling power: children and slaves are addressed, Abraham acts when called, and people respond to the gospel or a pattern of teaching. It also describes winds, water, an unclean spirit, and a tree complying with a command, while Acts 12:13 uses the infinitive for Rhoda coming to answer a knock.
Senses in use
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Submitting to authority, instruction, or teaching · dominant
In Colossians 3:20 and Ephesians 6:5, present plural forms address children and slaves in relation to parents and masters. In Hebrews 11:8, the aorist form marks Abraham's response when he was called to go out, while Romans 6:17 places the aorist plural form in the clause about responding from the heart to a pattern of teaching; the APB renders these clauses with "obeyed" or "obey."
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Complying with a spoken command · occasional
In Mark 1:27, the present plural form is used of unclean spirits after a command; in Luke 8:25 and Matthew 8:27, plural forms concern winds and water or the winds and sea under command. Luke 17:6 uses an aorist form in the conditional picture of a mulberry tree complying with a spoken directive; the APB renders these clauses "obey him" or "obey you."
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Answering a knock · rare
Acts 12:13 uses the aorist active infinitive when Rhoda comes after Peter knocks at the gate door; the APB renders the clause "came to answer."
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly renders the relevant clauses with forms of "obey," including responses to parents, masters, the gospel, teaching, and commands. In Acts 12:13 it renders the clause "came to answer"; These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolate an English equivalent in every case.