G3980: πειθαρχέω (peitharchéō)

G3980 πειθαρχέω (peitharchéō)

Greek

Quick Definition

πειθαρχέω v. I obey one in authority

Strong's Definition

from a compound of 3982 and 757; to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e. (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice

KJV Usage: hearken, obey (magistrates)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πειθαρχέω (G3980)

verb | πείθω + ἄρχω

36.12 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Obey, Disobey

to obey to submit to authority or reason by obeying

ACT 5:29 · ACT 5:32 · ACT 27:21 · TIT 3:1

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πειθαρχέω, -ῶ ; 1 aor. ptep. πειθαρχήσας ; (πείθαρχος; and this fr. πείθομαι and ἀρχή) ; to obey (a ruler or a superior): θεῷ, Acts v. 29, 32; magistrates, Tit. iii. 1 [al. take it here absol. to be obedient]; τῷ λόγῳ τῆς δικαιοσύνης, Polye. ad Philipp. 9,1; [A. V- to hearken to] one advising something, Acts xxvii. 21. (Soph., Xen., Polyb., Diod.. Joseph., Plut., al.; on the very freq. use of the verb by Philo see Siegfried, Philo von Alex. u. 8. w. p. 43 [esp. p. 108].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πειθαρχέω peitharcheō 4x

to obey one in authority, Acts 5:29, 32; Tit. 3:1; genr. to obey, follow, or conform to advice, Acts 27:21*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πειθαρχέω, -ῶ

(< πείθομαι, ἀρχή), [in LXX: Da LXX 7:27 (שְׁמַע), Si 30:38 (33:28), I Es 8:94*;]

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

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πειθαρχέω. 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! (B.c. 92) ἔ]στω δὲ ᾿Απολλωνίαι πία]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. 2651* (A.D. 81-95) bo[a δ]εῖ πειθαρχεῖν γαμετὴν γυναῖκα ἀνδρός, and in Sy// 2 (= % 22)? (B.c. 494) πυνθάνομαι σὲ TOV ἐμῶν ἐπιταγμάτων οὐ κατὰ πάντα πειθαρχεῖν. For πειθαρχέω c. dat., as in Ac 2774, cf. P Oxy XII. 14111 (A.D, 260) εἰ μὴ πειθαρχήσιαν τῇδε τ[ῇ παρ]αγγελίᾳ, and A/agn 114° πειθαρχεῖν δὲ π[άν]τως τοῖς ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινῇ συμφέροντος ἐπιταττομένοις, and for the verb absolutely, as in Tit 31, cf. OGZS 4837° (ii/a.D.) ἐὰν δὲ μηδ᾽ οὕτω πειθαρχῶσιν οἱ ἰδιῶται, ἔκδοσιν ποιείσθωσαν κτλ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πειθαρχέω (peitharcheō) — to obey. πειθαρχ-έω, obey one in authority, absolutely, πειθαρχεῖ.., ἄπληκτος ὥσπερ ἵππος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἂν.. τοῖς πηδαλίοις ἡ ναῦς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στρατηγοῦ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τινος [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, ἔθνος.. πειθαρχέεσθαι ἑτοῖμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]