Strong's Number G3982

πείθω

peitho · pi'-tho

Transliteration:

peitho{pi'-tho}

Word Origin:

a primary verb

TDNT:

6:1,818

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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)

Usage in the KJV:

persuade 3, trust 7, obey 5, have confidence 2, believe 3, be confident 2, misc 7

Total: 55
Occurs 52 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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
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
to trust, have confidence, be confident