In the Tanakh/Old Testament obedience, or shama
{shaw-mah'} means to hear intelligently. The words for obedience in the New Testament are hupakoe {hoop-ak-o-ay'} and hupotasso {hoop-ot-as'-so}. Hupakoe
is used 14 times and means to hear, i.e. to listen attentively; to heed or conform to a command or authority. Hupotasso
appears 32 times. It means: to subordinate; to obey:--be under obedience (obedient), submit self unto. Obedience, in this case is carrying out the word and will of God.
Acts 5:29-32: Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Hebrews 5:9: And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Romans 5:19: For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Romans 6:16: Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
2 Corinthians 10:5-6: Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.