Quick Definition
I obey one in authority
Strong's Definition
to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e. (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice
Derivation: from a compound of G3982 (πείθω) and G757 (ἄρχω);
KJV Usage: hearken, obey (magistrates)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πειθαρχέω, πειθάρχω; 1 aorist participle πειθαρχησας; (πείθαρχος; and this from πείθομαι and ἀρχή); to obey (a ruler or a superior): Θεῷ, Act_5:29; Act_5:32; magistrates, Tit_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, Act_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).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πειθαρχέω peitharcheō 4x
to obey one in authority, Act_5:29 ; Act_5:32 ; Tit_3:1 ;
genr. to obey, follow, or conform to advice, Act_27:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πειθαρχέω , -ῶ
( <πείθομαι , ἀρχή ),
[in LXX : Da LXX Dan_7:27 ( H8086 ), Sir_33:28 , 1Es_8:94 * ;]
to obey one in authority, be obedient: Tit_3:1 ; c . dat ., Act_27:21 ; θεῷ , Act_5:29 ; Act_5:32 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πειθαρχέω [page 500]
The unusual constr. c. gen, = obey one in authority is found both in the papyri and in the inscrr., as in the marriage contracts P Tebt I. 104 .14 (B.C. 92) ἔ ]στω δὲ Ἀπολλωνίαι π [α ]ρὰ Φιλίσκωι πειθαρχοῦσα α [ὐ ]τοῦ ὡς προσῆ [κό ]ν ἐστιν γυναῖκα ἀνδρός , Apollonia shall remain with Philiscus, obeying him as a wife should her husband (Edd.), P Oxy II. 265 .13 (A.D. 81 95) ὅσ [α δ ]ε̣ῖ πειθαρχεῖν γαμετὴν γυναῖκα ἀνδρός , and in Syll 2 (= .3 22) .7 (B.C. 494) πυνθάνομαι σὲ τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιταγμάτων οὐ κατὰ πάντα πειθαρχεῖν .
For πειθαρχέω c. dat., as in Act_27:21 cf. P Oxy XII. 1411 .16 (A.D. 260) εἰ μὴ πειθαρχήσιαν τῇδε τ [ῇ παρ ]αγγελίᾳ , and Magn 114 .8 πειθαρχεῖν δὲ π [άν ]τως τοῖς ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινῇ συμφέροντος ἐπιταττομένοις , and for the verb absolutely, as in Tit_3:1 , cf. OGIS 483 .70 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν δὲ μηδ᾽ οὕτω πειθαρχῶσιν οἱ ἰδιῶται , ἔκδοσιν ποιείσθωσαν κτλ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πειθαρχέω πειθαρχέω, φυτ. -ήσω "to obey one in authority", c. dat., π. πατρί Soph. ; τοῖς νόμοις Ar. : absol. "to be obedient", Arist. :—so in Mid., Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πειθαρχέω, -ῶ
(πείθομαι, ἀρχή) [in LXX: Dan LXX 7:27 (שְׁמַע), Sir.33:28, I Est.8:94 * ;]
to obey one in authority, be obedient: Tit.3:1; with dative, Act.27:21; θεῷ, Act.5:29, 32.†
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