Strong's Lexicon
G3981 — πειθός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3981 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πειθός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G3982 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | peithos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pei-thos' |
| Meaning: | 1. persuasive |
| KJV Renderings: | enticing |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πειθός (WH πίθος; see Iota), πειθη, πειθον, (from πείθω, like φειδος from φείδομαι (cf. Winers Grammar, 96 (91))), persuasive: ἐν πειθοῖς λόγοις, 1Co 2:4 (cf. Buttmann, 73). Not found elsewhere (Winer’s Grammar, 24). The Greeks say πιθανός; as πιθανοι λόγοι, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 9, and often in Greek authors See Passow, under the word, πιθανός, 1 e.; (Liddell and Scott, ibid. I. 2; WH’s Appendix, p. 153).
STRONGS NT 3981: πίθος [πίθος, see πειθός and cf. Iota.]
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πειθός (enticing)
1 Corinthians 2:4
- KJV: And my speech and my preaching not with enticing words of man’s wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power
- GK: και ο λόγος μου και το κήρυγμά μου ουκ εν πειθοίς ανθρωπίνης σοφίας λόγοις αλλ΄ εν αποδείξει πνεύματος και δυνάμεως