ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΟΥΝΤΑ, πειθαρχουντα
PEITHARCHOUNTA, peitharchounta
Sounds Like: pay-THAR-khoon-tah
Translations: obeying, submitting, being obedient, one who obeys, those who obey
From the root: ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb 'ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ' (peitharcheō), meaning 'to obey' or 'to be obedient to authority'. It is a compound word formed from 'πείθω' (peithō), meaning 'to persuade' or 'to obey', and 'ἀρχή' (archē), meaning 'rule' or 'authority'. As a participle, it describes someone or something that is in the act of obeying or submitting. It can function adjectivally (e.g., 'the obeying person') or adverbially (e.g., 'while obeying').
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative Singular Masculine or Neuter, or Nominative/Accusative Plural Neuter
Strong’s number: G3980 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 40:200
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
- ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ — obey, be obedient, submit to authority, yield to persuasion
- 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
- 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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