Peitharcheo means “hearken” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3980 — maakoleth (“fuel”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3980 πειθαρχέω (peitharcheo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. peitharcheo (pei-tharkh-eh'-o) v. 1. to be persuaded by a ruler 2. (genitive case) to submit to authority It has 6 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include obey and hearkened. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
peitharcheo (pei-tharkh-eh'-o) v. 1. to be persuaded by a ruler 2. (genitive case) to submit to authority 3. (by analogy) to conform to advice [from a compound of G3982 and G757] KJV: hearken, obey (magistrates) Root(s): G3982, G757
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3980. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to obey
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render peitharcheo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3980 (πειθαρχέω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
4 indexed usages in New Testament.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
But 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.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Let us make an oath to the Lord, that we will put away all our wives, which we have taken of the heathen, with their children,
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3980.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
But 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.
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Let us make an oath to the Lord, that we will put away all our wives, which we have taken of the heathen, with their children,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3980, grouped by book.
Peitharcheo (Strong's G3980) is a Greek word most simply glossed "hearken". peitharcheo (pei-tharkh-eh'-o) v. 1. to be persuaded by a ruler 2. (genitive case) to submit to authority
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G3980 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3980 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as obey and hearkened. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3980, with linked reader references where each row is available.
