Quick Definition
πιθανολογία, ας, ἡ n.f. persuasive speech
Strong's Definition
from a compound of a derivative of 3982 and 3056; persuasive language
KJV Usage: enticing words
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | πείθω + λόγος
33.31 · Communication · Language Levels
convincing speech, plausible language plausible, but false, speech resulting from the use of well-constructed, probable arguments
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πιθανολογία, -as, 9, (fr. πιθανολόγος ; and this fr. πιθανός, on which see πειθός, and λόγος), speech adapted to persuade, discourse in which probable arguments are adduced ; once so in class. Grk., viz. Plat. Theaet. p. 162 e.; in a bad sense, persuasiveness of speech, specious discourse leading others into error: Col. ii. 4, and several times in eccl. writers.* [πιθός, see πειθός and cf. I, «.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πιθανολογία pithanologia 1x
persuasive speech, plausible discourse, Col. 2:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* πιθανολογία, -ας, ἡ
(< πιθανός, persuasive, plausible), in cl. (Plat),
the use of probable arguments, as opp. to demonstration (ἀπόδειξις); hence, persuasive speech: Col 2:4 (v. ICC, in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πιθανολογία. “Persuasive speech” in a somewhat depreciatory sense is evidently the meaning of this word in Col 2, its only occurrence in the Greek Bible: cf. the legal process, P Lips I. 404.7 (iv/v a.p.), where one of the parties declares with reference to certain things that had been seized—8ra The adj. πί(ε)ιθανός, which has often a similar connotation, occurs in CP Herm I. 72°. See also Epict. i. 8.7 ἡ πιθανολογική, “τῆς art of persuasion.” πειθανολογίας τὰ ἁρπαγέντα ζητοῦσι κατέχειν. , σιθός. See s.v. πειθός.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πιθανολογία (pithanologia) — persuasive speech. πῐθᾰνο-λογία, ἡ, use of probable arguments, opposed to demonstration (ἀπόδειξις), [NT+5th c.BC+]