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G3988 πεισμονή (peismonḗ)
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Quick Definition

πεισμονή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. persuasion, conviction

Strong's Definition

from a presumed derivative of 3982; persuadableness, i.e. credulity

KJV Usage: persuasion

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ῆς | πείθω

33.303 · Communication · Urge, Persuade

that which persuades, the means of convincing (derivative of πείθω[a] ‘to persuade,’ 33.301) the means by which someone is caused to believe It is also possible to interpret πεισμονή in GAL 5:8 as the actual process of persuasion, in which case πεισμονή would be classified as a nominal form corresponding to πείθω[a] (33.301). Such an interpretation would require one to render GAL 5:8 as he who called you was not the one who persuaded you.

GAL 5:8

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πεισμονή, -ῆς, ἡ, (πείθω, α. ν.; like πλησμονή), persuasion: in an active sense [yet cf. Bp. Lghtft. on Gal. as below] and contextually, treacherous or deceptive persuasion, Gal. ν. 8 [ef. W. § 68, 1 fin.]. (Found besides in Ioenat. ad Rom. 3, 8 longer recens.; Justin apol. 1, 53 init.; [Ireneus 4, 33, 7]; Epiph. 30, 21; Chrysost. on 1 Th.i. 3; Apollon. Dys. syntax p. 195, 10 [299, 17]; Eustath. on Hom. II. α΄. p. 21, 46 vs. 22; 99, 45 vs. 442; «. p- 637, 5 vs. 131; and Od. x’. p. 785, 22 vs. 285.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πεισμονή peismonē 1x

a yielding to persuasion, assent, Gal. 5:8*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† πεισμονή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< πείθω),

persuasion: Ga 5:8.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πεισμονή in Gal 58 may be either act. ‘‘the act of persuasion,” or pass. “ἴῃς being persuaded ’’: see Lightfoot or Burton (ICC) ad 1. for exx. of both usages. For πεῖσμα see the vi/a.p. P Oxy VI. 943°! Σερῆνος yap . . - διὰ πίσματος γυναικὸς ἐδίωξεν Κόλλουθον τὸν εὐλαβέστατον ἐκ τοῦ ho<v>tpod, καὶ ὅτε ἐποίησεν τὸ πῖσμα αὐτοῦ οὐ θέλει ἀποστῆναι, ‘for Serenus through the persuasion of his wife chased the most discreet Colluthus out of the bath, and having done what he was persuaded to do will not depart” (Edd.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πεισμονή (peismonē) — persuasion. πεισμ-ονή, ἡ, persuasion, [NT+6th c.AD+]

2. confidence, ἡ ἐξ ἀλλήλων πρὸς ἀλλήλους γινομένη π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. quality of a cable, pertinacity, [Refs]

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