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Strong's #3980 - πειθαρχέω
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- to obey (a ruler or a superior)
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πειθαρχ-έω,
obey one in authority, abs., πειθαρχεῖ.., ἄπληκτος ὥσπερ ἵππος Eup. 232, cf. Arist. Pol. 1262b3: mostly c. dat., π. πατρί S. Tr. 1178; τοῖς νόμοισι Ar. Ec. 762; τοῖς ἐφεστῶσι X. Mem. 3.5.19, cf. Pl. R. 538d; ὡς ἂν.. τοῖς πηδαλίοις ἡ ναῦς π. Cratin. 139; τοῖς προσταχθεῖσιν Isoc. 3.13; τῷ λόγῳ Arist. Pol. 1295b6: c. gen. (cf. πείθω B. 1.3), ἐπιταγμάτων Epist. Darei in SIG 22.7 (v B. C.); στρατηγοῦ OGI 12.11 (Priene, iii B. C.), cf. 244.38 (Syria, ii B. C.); τινος PGiss. 2.16 (ii B. C.): — Med., ἔθνος.. πειθαρχέεσθαι ἑτοῖμον Hdt. 5.91.
πειθαρχέω, 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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πειθαρχέω , -ῶ
(<πείθομαι , ἀρχή ),
[in LXX: Da LXX Daniel 7:27 (H8086), Sirach 33:28, 1 Esdras 8:94 *;]
to obey one in authority, be obedient: Titus 3:1; c. dat., Acts 27:21; θεῷ , Acts 5:29; Acts 5:32.†
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";how great,"; is often used for ἡλίκος (Blass-Debrunner § 304), which is a v.l. in Galatians 6:11 B* 33 : cf. Colossians 2:1 and see s.v. ἡλίκος. Πηλίκος occurs elsewhere in the NT only in Hebrews 7:4 and in the LXX in Zechariah 2:2, 4 Maccabees 15:22. On the meaning of πηλίκα γράμματα in Gal l.c. see s.v. cf. γράμμα and cf. Milligan Documents p. 23 f.
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