ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΙ, πειθαρχει
PEITHARCHEI, peitharchei
Sounds Like: pay-THAR-khee
Translations: obey, be obedient, submit, be subject to
From the root: ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to obey or to be subject to authority. It implies a willing submission to a command or a person in charge. It is often used in contexts where one is urged to follow instructions or laws.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular OR Present, Active, Imperative, 2nd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G3980 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 15:317
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 7:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΙΝ — to obey, to be obedient, to submit to authority
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΗ — obey, be obedient, be subject, yield, submit
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will obey, they will be obedient, they will submit
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