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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3980 - πειθαρχέω

Transliteration

peitharchéō

Phonetics

pi-tharkh-eh'-o

Origin

from a compound of (G3982) and (G757)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

6:9,818

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to obey (a ruler or a superior)

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 8086 ‑ שְׁמַע (shem‑ah');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Acts 6

Titus 1

BSB (4)

Acts 3

Titus 1

CSB (4)

Acts 3

Titus 1

ESV (4)

Acts 3

Titus 1

KJV (4)

Acts 3

Titus 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

Acts 4

Titus 2

N95 (5)

Acts 4

Titus 1

NAS (6)

Acts 4

Titus 1

NLT (4)

Acts 7

Titus 3

WEB (7)

Acts 6

Titus 1

YLT (4)

Acts 3

Titus 1

ASV (7)

have hearkened 1

nbsp 1

obey 2

to be obedient 1

to them 1

we 1

BSB (4)

followed my advice 1

obey 1

to be obedient 1

we must obey 1

CSB (4)

followed 1

obey 3

ESV (4)

listened to 1

obedient 1

obey 2

KJV (4)

hearkened 1

magistrates 1

obey 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

advice 1

be 1

followed 1

obedient 1

obey 2

N95 (5)

advice 1

followed 1

obedient 1

obey 2

NAS (6)

advice 1

be 1

followed 1

obedient 1

obey 2

NLT (4)

listened 1

obedient 1

obey 2

WEB (7)

* 1

have listened 1

obey 2

to be obedient 1

to those 1

we 1

YLT (4)

having hearkened 1

obeying 1

to obey 1

to obey rule 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

ANT

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

BEZ

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN- 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

BGB

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

BMT

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

BYZ

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

ELZ

V-AAPAPM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAPDPM 1

NA26

V-AAPAPM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAPDPM 1

SBL

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

SCV

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

STV

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

TIS

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

V-AAP-APM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAP-DPM 1

TRG

V-AAPAPM 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAPDPM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πειθαρχ-έω,

obey one in authority, abs., πειθαρχεῖ.., ἄπληκτος ὥσπερ ἵππος Eup. 232, cf. Arist. Pol. 1262b3: mostly c. dat., π. πατρί S. Tr. 1178; τοῖς νόμοισι Ar. Ec. 762; τοῖς ἐφεστῶσι X. Mem. 3.5.19, cf. Pl. R. 538d; ὡς ἂν.. τοῖς πηδαλίοις ἡ ναῦς π. Cratin. 139; τοῖς προσταχθεῖσιν Isoc. 3.13; τῷ λόγῳ Arist. Pol. 1295b6: c. gen. (cf. πείθω B. 1.3), ἐπιταγμάτων Epist. Darei in SIG 22.7 (v B. C.); στρατηγοῦ OGI 12.11 (Priene, iii B. C.), cf. 244.38 (Syria, ii B. C.); τινος PGiss. 2.16 (ii B. C.): — Med., ἔθνος.. πειθαρχέεσθαι ἑτοῖμον Hdt. 5.91.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πειθαρχέω, πειθάρχω; 1 aorist participle πειθαρχησας; (πείθαρχος; and this from πείθομαι and ἀρχή); to obey (a ruler or a superior): Θεῷ, Acts 5:29, 32; magistrates, Titus 3:1 (others take it here absolutely, to be obedient); τῷ λόγῳ τῆς δικαιοσύνης, Polycarp, ad Philipp. 9, 1 [ET]; (A. V. to hearken to) one advising something, Acts 27:21. (Sophocles, Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, others; on the very frequent use of the verb by Philo see Siegfried, Philo von Alex. as above with, p. 43 (especially, p. 108).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πειθαρχέω , -ῶ

(<πείθομαι , ἀρχή ),

[in LXX: Da LXX Daniel 7:27 (H8086), Sirach 33:28, 1 Esdras 8:94 *;]

to obey one in authority, be obedient: Titus 3:1; c. dat., Acts 27:21; θεῷ , Acts 5:29; Acts 5:32.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";how great,"; is often used for ἡλίκος (Blass-Debrunner § 304), which is a v.l. in Galatians 6:11 B* 33 : cf. Colossians 2:1 and see s.v. ἡλίκος. Πηλίκος occurs elsewhere in the NT only in Hebrews 7:4 and in the LXX in Zechariah 2:2, 4 Maccabees 15:22. On the meaning of πηλίκα γράμματα in Gal l.c. see s.v. cf. γράμμα and cf. Milligan Documents p. 23 f.

List of Word Forms

Πειθαρχειν πειθαρχείν Πειθαρχεῖν πειθαρχησαντας πειθαρχήσαντάς πειθαρχουσιν πειθαρχούσιν πειθαρχοῦσιν Peitharchein Peitharcheîn peitharchesantas peitharchēsantas peitharchḗsantás peitharchousin peitharchoûsin