Strong's Lexicon

G3981

G3981 — πειθός

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekpeithosadjectiveOccurrences: 1

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

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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
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