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G3981 πειθός (peithós)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

persuasive

Strong's Definition

persuasive

Derivation: from G3982 (πείθω);

KJV Usage: enticing

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πειθός (WH πίθος; see Iota), πειθη, πειθον, (from πείθω, like φειδος from φείδομαι (cf. Winers Grammar, 96 (91))), persuasive: ἐν πειθοῖς λόγοις, 1Co_2:4 (cf. Buttmann, 73). Not found elsewhere (Winer's Grammar, 24). The Greeks say πιθανός; as πιθανοι λόγοι, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 9, and often in Greek authors See Passow, under the word, πιθανός, 1 e.; (Liddell and Scott, ibid. I. 2; WH's Appendix, p. 153). STRONGS NT 3981: πίθος [πίθος, see πειθός and cf. Iota.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πειθός peithos 1x also spelled πιθός , persuasive, skillful, 1Co_2:4

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† πειθός (πιθός , WH ), -ή , -όν ( <πείθω ), = cl . πιθανός , persuasive: 1Co_2:4 (not found elsewhere).† πιθός , see πειθός .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πειθός / πιθός [page 500, 512] persuasive. For the spelling of this adj. (WH πιθός ), which hitherto has not been found elsewhere than in 1Co_2:4 , cf. Moulton Gr. ii. p. 78, where the word is treated as a new adj. straight from the verb-stem. See also Winer-Schmiedel, p. 135 n. .20 , and Field Notes , p. 167. For the subst., which is read in certain inferior authorities in 1Co_2:4 , see P Oxy III. 474 .37 (A.D. 184?) ἀβουλίᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ πειθοῖ τῶν παρηγγελμένων χρωμένοις , in defiance rather than obedience to the proclamations (Edd.) : cf. P Arnh II. 31 .11 (B.C. 112) πειθανάγκης προσαχθείσης περὶ τοῦ καθήκοντος προστίμου , forcible persuasion being employed with regard to the proper fine (Edd.).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

πειθός πειθός, ή, όν [Etym: late form of πιθανός, NTest. ]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

πειθός (πιθός, WH), -ή, -όν (πείθω), = cl. πιθανός, persuasive: 1Co.2:4 (not found elsewhere).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

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