Strong’s G3980 · Greek
πειθαρχέω
peitharchéō · pi-tharkh-eh'-o
Origin from a compound of πείθω (G3982) and ἄρχω (G757);
Meaning to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e. (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice
In the King James Version hearken, obey (magistrates).
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- 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.
- Titus 3:1Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.