Word 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 authority
From 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).)