STRONGS G3980:
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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