ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ, πειθαρχεω
PEITHARCHEŌ, peitharcheō
Sounds Like: pay-THAR-kheh-oh
Translations: obey, be obedient, submit to authority, yield to persuasion
From the root: ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to obey or to be obedient, specifically implying submission to authority or persuasion. It is a compound word formed from two roots: ΠΕΙΘΩ (peitho), meaning 'to persuade' or 'to obey', and ΑΡΧΩ (archo), meaning 'to rule' or 'to command'. Thus, it literally means 'to obey a ruler' or 'to be persuaded by a commander'. It is used to describe the act of complying with commands, laws, or the will of someone in a position of power.
Inflection: Does not inflect (this is the infinitive form, which is the dictionary entry form)
Strong’s number: G3980 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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.
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΙ — obey, be obedient, submit, be subject to
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΙΝ — to obey, to be obedient, to submit to authority
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΙΤΕ — obey, be obedient, submit, be subject
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΗ — obey, be obedient, be subject, yield, submit
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — obeying, having obeyed, submitting, having submitted
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΗΣΟΝΤΕΣ — obeying, those who will obey, those who are about to obey
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will obey, they will be obedient, they will submit
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΟΥΝΤΑ — obeying, submitting, being obedient, one who obeys, those who obey
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΟΥΝΤΕΣ — obeying, being obedient, submitting, yielding, a person obeying
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΟΥΣΙΝ — obey, submit, be obedient, be subject
- ΠΙΘΑΡΧΙΝ — to obey, to be obedient, to be submissive
- ΠΙΘΑΡΧΟΥΣΙΝ — they obey, they are obedient, they submit, they are submissive
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