Strong's #3982: peitho (pronounced 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) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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peithō
1) persuade
1a) to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe
1b) to make friends of, to win one' s favour, gain one' s good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one
1c) to tranquillise
1d) to persuade unto, i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something
2) be persuaded
2a) to be persuaded, to suffer one' s self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing
2a1) to believe
2a2) to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person
2b) to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with
3) to trust, have confidence, be confident
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primary verb
Usage:
This word is used 55 times:
Hebrews 11:13: "them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed"
Hebrews 13:17: " Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch"
Hebrews 13:18: "for us: for we trust we have a good conscience,"
James 3:3: "horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their"
1 John 3:19: "of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before"
