ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΙΝ, πειθαρχειν
PEITHARCHEIN, peitharchein
Sounds Like: pay-THAR-kane
Translations: to obey, to be obedient, to submit to authority
From the root: ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning to obey or to be obedient, particularly to authority. It describes the act of complying with commands or submitting to the will of another, often in a context of governance, law, or moral obligation. It is formed from two parts: the verb 'πείθω' (peithō), meaning 'to persuade' or 'to obey', and the noun 'ἀρχή' (archē), meaning 'rule' or 'authority'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3980 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 9:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- 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
- 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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