ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ, πειθαρχησουσιν
PEITHARCHĒSOUSIN, peitharchēsousin
Sounds Like: pay-thar-KHEH-soo-sin
Translations: they will obey, they will be obedient, they will submit
From the root: ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to obey or to be obedient, especially to authority. It implies a willing submission to commands or rules. It is a compound word formed from the verb πείθω (peithō), meaning 'to persuade' or 'to obey', and ἀρχή (archē), meaning 'rule' or 'authority'. Thus, it literally means 'to obey authority'. It is used to describe actions where individuals or groups comply with directives from those in power.
Inflection: Future, Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G3980 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- 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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