To obey
πειθαρχέωStrong’s G3980peitharcheō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Peitharcheō is the Greek word usually translated “obey”, “obeying” and “having been obedient”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,”
Meaning
Usually translated “obey”, “obeying” and “having been obedient”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to obey 1
- obeying 1
- having been obedient 1
- to be obedient 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Titus 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- Acts 5:32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
- Acts 27:21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
Greek dictionary
πειθαρχέω peitharcheō · to obey
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “obey” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OBEY, verb transitive
[Latin obedio; Gr.]
- To comply with the commands, orders or instructions of a superior, or with the requirements of law, moral, political or municipal; to do that which is commanded or required, or to forbear doing that which is prohibited.“Children, obey your parents in the Lord” Ephesians 6:1“Servants, obey in all things your masters” Colossians 3:22
- To submit to the government of; to be ruled by.
- To submit to the direction or control of.“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof” Romans 6:12
- To yield to the impulse, power or operation of; as, to obey stimulus.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.