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Lexicon :: Strong's G3982 - peithō

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πείθω
Transliteration
peithō (Key)
Pronunciation
pi'-tho
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb
mGNT
52x in 33 unique form(s)
TR
55x in 35 unique form(s)
LXX
129x in 28 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:1,818

Strong’s Definitions

πείθω peíthō, pi'-tho; a primary verb; 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):—agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) confident, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's G3982 in the following manner: persuade (22x), trust (8x), obey (7x), have confidence (6x), believe (3x), be confident (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's G3982 in the following manner: persuade (22x), trust (8x), obey (7x), have confidence (6x), believe (3x), be confident (2x), miscellaneous (7x).
  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πείθω peíthō, pi'-tho; a primary verb; 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):—agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) confident, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.
STRONGS G3982:
πείθω [(from the root meaning 'to bind'; allied with πίστις, fides, foedus, etc.; Curtius, § 327; Vanicek, p. 592)]; imperfect ἔπειθον; future πείσω; 1 aorist ἐπεισα; 2 perfect πέποιθα; pluperfect ἐπεποίθειν (Luke 11:22); passive [or middle, present πείθομαι; imperfect ἐπειθομην); perfect πέπεισμαι; 1 aorist ἐπείσθην; 1 future πεισθήσομαι (Luke 16:31); from Homer down;
1. Active;
a. to persuade, i. e. to induce one by words to believe: absolutely πείσας μετέστησεν ἱκανόν ὄχλον, Acts 19:26; τί, to cause belief in a thing (which one sets forth), Acts 19:8 R G T [cf. Buttmann, 150 (131) n.] (Sophocles O. C. 1442); τερί with the genitive of the thing, ibid. L Tr WH; τινά, one, Acts 18:4; τινά τι, one of a thing, Acts 28:23 Rec. (Herodotus 1, 163; Plato, Apology, p. 37 a., and elsewhere; [cf. Buttmann, as above]); τινὰ περἰ τινος, concerning a thing, ibid. G L T Tr WH.
b. as in classical Greek from Homer down, with an accusative of a person, to make friends of, win one's favor, gain one's good-will, Acts 12:20; or to seek to win one, strive to please one, 2 Corinthians 5:11; Galatians 1:10; to conciliate by persuasion, Matthew 28:14 [here T WH omit; Tr brackets αὐτόν]; Acts 14:19; equivalent to to tranquillize [A. V. assure], τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν, 1 John 3:19.
c. to persuade unto i. e. move or induce one by persuasion to do something: τινά followed by an infinitive [B § 139, 46], Acts 13:43; Acts 26:28 (Xenophon, an. 1, 3, 19; Polybius 4, 64, 2; Diodorus 11, 15; 12, 39; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 10, 3); τινά followed by ἵνα [cf. Winers Grammar, 338 (317); Buttmann, § 139, 46], Matthew 27:20 [Plutarch, apoph. Alex. 21].
2. Passive and middle [cf. Winers Grammar, 253 (238)];
a. to be persuaded, to suffer oneself to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: absol, Luke 16:31; Acts 17:4; to have faith, Hebrews 11:13 Rec.; τινί, in a thing, Acts 28:24; to believe, namely, ὅτι, Hebrews 13:18 L T Tr WH. πέπεισμαί τι [on the neuter accusative cf. Buttmann, § 131, 10] περί τίνας (genitive of person), to be persuaded (of) a thing concerning a person, Hebrews 6:9 [A. V. we are persuaded better things of you, etc.); πεπεισμένος εἰμί, to have persuaded oneself, and πείθομαι, to believe [cf. English to be persuaded], followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Luke 20:6; Acts 26:26; πέπεισμαι ὅτι, Romans 8:38; 2 Timothy 1:5, 12; with ἐν κυρίῳ added (see ἐν, I. 6 b.), Romans 14:14; περί τινος ὅτι, Romans 15:14.
b. to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with: τινί, one, Acts 5:36f, 39 (40); Acts 23:21; Acts 27:11; Romans 2:8; Galatians 3:1 Rec.; Galatians 5:7; Hebrews 13:17; James 3:3.
3. 2 perfect πέποιθα (Septuagint mostly for בָּטַח, also for חָסָה, נִשְׁעַן Niphal of the unused שָׁעַן), intransitive, to trust, have confidence, be confident: followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Romans 2:19; by ὅτι, Hebrews 13:18 Rec.; by ὅτι with a preparatory αὐτὸ τοῦτο [Winer's Grammar, § 23, 5], Philippians 1:6; τοῦτο πεποιθώς οἶδα ὅτι, Philippians 1:25; πέποιθα with a dative of the person or the thing in which the confidence reposes (so in classical Greek [on its construction in the N. T. see Buttmann, § 133, 5; Winer's Grammar, 214 (201); § 33, d.]): Philippians 1:14; Philemon 1:21 (2 Kings 18:20; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 28:26; Isaiah 28:17; Sir. 35:24 (Sir. 32:24); Wis. 14:29); ἑαυτῷ followed by an infinitive 2 Corinthians 10:7; ἔν τινι, to trust in, put confidence in a person or thing [cf. Buttmann, as above], Philippians 3:3, 4; ἐν κυρίῳ followed by ὅτι, Philippians 2:24; ἐπί τινι, Matthew 27:43 L text WH marginal reading; Mark 10:24 [where T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause]; Luke 11:22; Luke 18:9; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Hebrews 2:13 (and very often in the Septuagint, as Deuteronomy 28:52; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Psalm 2:13; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 31:1); ἐπί τινα, Matthew 27:43 where L text WH marginal reading ἐπί with the dative (Isaiah 36:5; Habakkuk 2:18; 2 Chronicles 16:7f, etc.); ἐπί τινα followed by ὅτι, 2 Corinthians 2:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:4; εἴς τινα followed by ὅτι, Galatians 5:10.
[Compare: ἀναπείθω.]

Related entry:
Πειθώ, Πειθους, ,
1. Peitho, proper name of a goddess, literally, Persuasion; LatinSuada orSuadela.
2. persuasive power, persuasion: 1 Corinthians 2:4 ἐν πειθοι — accusative to certain inferior authorities. (On the word, see Müller's note on Josephus, contra Apion 2, 21, 3. (Hesiod, Herodotus, others.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:52
2 Kings
18:20
2 Chronicles
14:11; 16:7f
Proverbs
3:5; 14:16; 28:26
Isaiah
8:17; 28:17; 31:1; 36:5
Habakkuk
2:18
Matthew
27:20; 27:43; 27:43; 28:14
Mark
10:24
Luke
11:22; 11:22; 16:31; 16:31; 18:9; 20:6
Acts
5:36f; 5:39; 12:20; 13:43; 14:19; 17:4; 18:4; 19:8; 19:26; 23:21; 26:26; 26:28; 27:11; 28:23; 28:24
Romans
2:8; 2:19; 8:38; 14:14; 15:14
1 Corinthians
2:4
2 Corinthians
1:9; 2:3; 5:11; 10:7
Galatians
1:10; 3:1; 5:7; 5:10
Philippians
1:6; 1:14; 1:25; 2:24; 3:3; 3:4
2 Thessalonians
3:4
2 Timothy
1:5; 1:12
Philemon
1:21
Hebrews
2:13; 6:9; 11:13; 13:17; 13:18; 13:18
James
3:3
1 John
3:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3982 matches the Greek πείθω (peithō),
which occurs 36 times in 33 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:14 -

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;

But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,

And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:17 - And I will wait for Yahweh who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will hope for Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:20 -

Now it will be in that day, that the remnant of Israel and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:2 -

“Behold, God is my salvation,

I will trust and not dread;

For [fn]Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:7 -

“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;

They break forth into shouts of joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:7 -

In that day man will have regard for his Maker

And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:8 -

He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands,

Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made,

Even the [fn]Asherim and [fn]incense stands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - “Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia their hope and Egypt their boast.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - “So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:24 -

“So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, offspring and [fn]issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 -

“I will make justice the measuring line

And righteousness the level;

Then hail will sweep away the refuge of falsehood,

And the waters will overflow the secret place.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 -

“Therefore the strong defense of Pharaoh will be your shame

And the refuge in the shadow of Egypt, your dishonor.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 -

Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,

“Since you have rejected this word

And have put your trust in oppression and deviousness and have relied on them,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 -

For thus Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, has said,

“In [fn]repentance and rest you will be saved,

In quietness and trust is your might.”

But you were not willing,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 -

And every [fn]blow of the [fn]appointed staff,

Which Yahweh will cause to rest upon him,

Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres;

And in battles, waving weapons He will fight them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 -

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help

And rely on horses,

And trust in chariots because they are many

And in horsemen because they are very mighty,

But they do not regard at the Holy One of Israel, nor seek Yahweh!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:3 -

Then the eyes of those who see will not be [fn]blinded,

And the ears of those who hear will pay attention.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11 -

Tremble, you women who are at ease;

Quake, you complacent daughters;

Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 -

And the work of righteousness will be peace,

And the service of righteousness, quietness and security forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:18 -

Then my people will live in a peaceful abode,

And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19 -

And it will hail when the forest comes down,

And the city will be utterly laid low.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 -

O Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have hoped in You.

Be [fn]their [fn]strength every morning,

Our salvation also in the time of distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:4 -

Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this trust that you have?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - “I say, ‘Your counsel and might for the war are only [fn]empty words.’ Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Behold, you trust in the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his [fn]hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:7 - “But if you say to me, ‘We trust in Yahweh our God,’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - “How then can you [fn]turn away one [fn]official of the least of my master’s servants and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10 - “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of [fn]Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 -

They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame,

Who trust in graven images,

Who say to molten images,

“You are our gods.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 -

“So now, hear this, you sensual one,

Who sits securely,

Who says in [fn]your heart,

‘I am, and there is no one besides me.

I will not sit as a widow,

Nor know loss of children.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:10 -

Who is among you that fears Yahweh,

That listens to the voice of His Servant,

That walks in darkness and has no light?

Let him trust in the name of Yahweh and rely on his God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:14 -

Then you will take delight in Yahweh,

And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;

And I will feed you with the inheritance of Jacob your father,

For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 -

No one calls in righteousness, and no one seeks justice in truth.

They trust in [fn]confusion and speak worthlessness;

They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness.

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