Lexical Summary peitharcheō: to obey authority Original Word: πειθαρχέωTransliteration: peitharcheō Phonetic Spelling: (pi-tharkh-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to obey authority Meaning: to obey authority Strong's Concordance to obey authorityFrom a compound of peitho and archo; to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e. (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice -- hearken, obey (magistrates). see GREEK peitho see GREEK archo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3980: πειθαρχέωπειθαρχέω, 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).) |
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