ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΗ, πειθαρχη
PEITHARCHĒ, peitharchē
Sounds Like: pay-THAR-khee
Translations: obey, be obedient, be subject, yield, submit
From the root: ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to obey or be obedient, particularly to authority or a command. It implies a willingness to yield to the will or direction of another. It is often used in contexts where submission to a higher power or rule is expected.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Present, Subjunctive, Active
Strong’s number: G3980 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 30:38
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
- 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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