Peitho

pi'-tho
Parts of Speech Verb

Peitho 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
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
peivqw
Origin
a primary verb
Strong's Number
3982
TDNT Entry
6:1,818

KJV Word Usage

persuade
22
trust
8
obey
7
have confidence
6
believe
3
be confident
2
miscellaneous
7
Total
55

KJV Verse Count

3
1
4
17
5
4
4
6
1
2
1
5
1
1
Total
55
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Peitho". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .