Strong's Number 3982

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
peitho {pi'-tho}
Word Origin:
a primary verb
TDNT:
6:1,818
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
persuade 22, trust 8, obey 7, have confidence 6, believe 3, be confident 2, misc 7

Total: 55
Definition:
  1. persuade
    1. to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe
    2. to make friends of, to win one's favour, gain one's good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one
    3. to tranquillise
    4. to persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something
  2. be persuaded
    1. to be persuaded, to suffer one's self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing
      1. to believe
      2. to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person
    2. to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with
  3. to trust, have confidence, be confident
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament