Strong's Lexicon
G3980 — πειθαρχέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3980 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πειθαρχέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G3982 and G757 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | peitharcheo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pei-tharkh-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be persuaded by a ruler 2. (genitive case) to submit to authority 3. (by analogy) to conform to advice |
| KJV Renderings: | hearken, obey (magistrates) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πειθαρχέω, πειθάρχω; 1 aorist participle πειθαρχησας; (πείθαρχος; and this from πείθομαι and ἀρχή); to obey (a ruler or a superior): Θεῷ, Act 5:29; Act 5:32; magistrates, Tit 3:1 (others take it here absolutely, to be obedient); τῷ λόγῳ τῆς δικαιοσύνης, Polycarp, ad Philipp. 9, 1 [ET]; (A. V. to hearken to) one advising something, Act 27:21. (Sophocles, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, others; on the very frequent use of the verb by Philo see Siegfried, Philo von Alex. as above with, p. 43 (especially, p. 108).)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πειθαρχέω (hearken)
Acts 5:29
- KJV: Then Peter and the apostles answered and said We ought to obey God rather than men
- GK: αποκριθείς δε Πέτρος και οι απόστολοι είπον πειθαρχείν δει θεώ μάλλον η ανθρώποις
Acts 5:32
- KJV: And we are his witnesses of these things and also the Holy Ghost whom God hath given to them that obey him
- GK: και ημείς εσμεν αυτού μάρτυρες των ρημάτων τούτων και το πνεύμα δε το άγιον ο έδωκεν ο θεός τοις πειθαρχούσιν αυτώ
Acts 27:21
- KJV: But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them and said Sirs ye should have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from Crete and to have gained this harm and loss
- GK: πολλής δε ασιτίας υπαρχούσης τότε σταθείς ο Παύλος εν μέσω αυτών είπεν έδει μεν ω άνδρες πειθαρχήσαντάς μοι μη ανάγεσθαι από της Κρήτης κερδήσαί τε την ύβριν ταύτην και την ζημίαν
Titus 3:1
- KJV: Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers to obey magistrates to be ready to every good work
- GK: υπομίμνησκε αυτούς αρχαίς και εξουσίαις υποτάσσεσθαι πειθαρχείν προς παν έργον αγαθόν ετοίμους είναι