- πείθω
- to prevail upon, win over, persuade
- πείθω
- I persuade, urge.
- πείθω
- to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty)
Derivation: a primary verb;KJV Usage: agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.
- πείθω
- to persuade
- G:V
- πείθω,
[in LXX chiefly for בָּטַח בֶּטַח, its parts and derivatives ;]
__(i) Active;
__1. trans., to apply persuasion ("conative" in pres.; see M, Pr., 147), to prevail upon or win over, persuade: absol., Mat.28:14, Act.19:26; before περί, with genitive of thing(s), Act.19:8; with accusative of person(s),; τ. καρδίας ἡμῶν, 1Jn.3:19; with accusative before περί, Act.28:23; with accusative and inf.,Refs
Act.12:20 14:19 18:4, 2Co.5:11, Gal.1:10(see Field, Notes, 141 ff.); with accusative before ἵνα (Plut.), Mat.27:20.Refs
Act.13:43 26:28
__2. Intrans., 2 pf. πέποιθα with Pres. sense (see M, Pr., 147, 154; Bl., § 59, 2): to trust, be confident, have confidence: with accusative and inf., Rom.2:19; with accusative ref. (see Ellic., in l) :; with dative,Refs
Php.1:6, 25; ἑαυτῷ, with inf., 2Co.10:7; before ἐν, Php.3:3-4; ἐν κυρίῳ ὅτι, Php.2:24; ἐπί, with dative, Mat.27:43 (WH, mg.), Mrk.10:24 (T, WH, R, mg., om.),Refs
Php.1:14, Phm 21; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.27:43 (with dative, WH, mg.); id. before ὅτι,Refs
Luk.11:22 18:9, 2Co.1:9, Heb.2:13(see Lft., Notes, 127); εἰς, with accusative of person(s) before ὅτι, Gal.5:10.Refs
2Co.2:3, 2Th.3:4
(ii) Pass. and mid.;
__1. to be persuaded, believe (see M, Pr., 158) : absol.,; with dative, Act.28:24; with accusative and inf., Act.26:26; so also pf., πέπεισμαι, πεπεισμένος εἰμί: with accusative ref. before περί, Heb.6:9; with accusative and inf., Luk.20:6; ὅτι,Refs
Luk.16:31, Act.17:4 21:14, Heb.13:18; id. with ἐν κυρίῳ, Rom.14:14; περί, with genitive before ὅτι, Rom.15:14.Refs
Rom.8:38, 2Ti.1:5 1:12
__2. to listen to, obey: with dative of person(s),(cf. ἀνα-πείθω).†Refs
Act.5:36-37, 40 23:21 27:11, Rom.2:8, Gal.5:7, Heb.13:17, Jas.3:3
Πειθώ, -οῦς, ἡ
__1. Peitho, Persuasion (as a goddess).
__2. persuasion: ἐν πειθοῖ (so Orig., Eus. and some cursives in 1Co.2:4 for πειθός, which see).†
(AS)
1) persuade
1a) to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe
1b) to make friends of, to win one's favour, gain one's good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one
1c) to tranquillise
1d) to persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something
2) be persuaded
2a) to be persuaded, to suffer one's self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing
2a1) to believe
2a2) to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person
2b) to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with
3) to trust, have confidence, be confident
1a) to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe
1b) to make friends of, to win one's favour, gain one's good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one
1c) to tranquillise
1d) to persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something
2) be persuaded
2a) to be persuaded, to suffer one's self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing
2a1) to believe
2a2) to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person
2b) to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with
3) to trust, have confidence, be confident
πείθω
peithō
pi'-tho
A primary verb; to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty)
KJV Usage: agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) content, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.