ὑπείκω; from Homer down; to resist no longer, but to give way, yield (properly, of combatants); metaphorically, to yield to authority and admonition, to submit: Heb_13:17.

ὑπείκω hypei kō 1x to yield, give way; absol. to be submissive, Heb_13:17

** ὑπ -είκω , [in LXX : 4Ma_6:35 * ;] 1. to retire, withdraw. 2. to yield, submit: metaph ., Heb_13:17 .†

ὑπείκω [page 651] submit, is found in the NT only in Heb_13:17 . Moffatt ( ICC ad l. ) cites by way of illustration of the context, though the word itself is not found, Epict. Fragm , 27 τὸν προσομιλοῦντα . . . διασκοποῦ . . . εἰ μὲν ἀμείνονα , ἀκούειν χρὴ καὶ πείθεσθαι .

ὑπείκω epic ὑπο-είκω imperf. ὑπόεικον fut. ὑπείξω epic ὑπείξομαι, ὑποείξομαι aor1 ὑπεῖξα epic ὑπόειξα [Etym: cf. ὑπεικαθεῖν] "to retire, withdraw, depart", νεῶν "from" the ships, Il. ; ὑπ. τινὶ ἕδρης "to retire from" one's seat "for" another (cf. ὑπανίσταμαι), Od. ; ὑπ. τινὶ λόγων, i. e. to allow him to speak first, Xen. "to yield, give way", τιμαῖς ὑπ. "to give way" to authority, Soph. ; ὑπ. τινί Xen. : absol. "to give way, comply", Hom. , etc.; τὸ ὑπεῖκον, ῀ οἱ ὑπείκοντες, Eur. :—c. inf., νῶν ὑπεῖκε τὸν κασίγνητον μολεῖν "concede" to us that he may come, Soph. c. acc., χεῖρας ἐμὰς ὑπόειξε "he scaped" my hands, Il.

ὑπ-είκω [in LXX: 4Ma.6:35 * ;] __1. to retire, withdraw. __2. to yield, submit: metaphorically, Heb.13:17.† (AS)