Definition

to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e. (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice

Etymology

from a compound of G3982 (πείθω) and G757 (ἄρχω);

Where the KJV renders it

• hearken
• obey (magistrates)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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