- Original: πείθω - Transliteration: Peitho - Phonetic: pi'-tho - Definition: 1. persuade a. to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe b. to make friends of, to win one's favour, gain one's good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one c. to tranquillise d. to persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something 2. be persuaded a. 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 b. to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with 3. to trust, have confidence, be confident - Origin: a primary verb - TDNT entry: 06:01,8 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: 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) content make friend obey persuade trust yield. Total KJV Occurrences: 52 • agreed, 1 Act 5:40 • assure, 1 1 John 3:19 • believed, 3 Act 17:4; Act 27:11; Act 28:24 • confidence, 6 2 Corinthians 2:3; Galatians 5:10; Philippians 1:25; Philippians 3:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:4; Philemon 1:21 • confident, 3 Romans 2:19; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 1:14 • friend, 1 Act 12:20 • obey, 5 Romans 2:8; Galatians 3:1; Galatians 5:7; Hebrews 13:17; Jam 3:3 • obeyed, 2 Act 5:36; Act 5:37 • persuade, 3 Mat 28:14; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Galatians 1:10 • persuaded, 15 Mat 27:20; Luke 20:6; Act 13:43; Act 14:19; Act 18:4; Act 19:26; Act 21:14; Act 26:26; Romans 8:38; Romans 14:14; Romans 15:14; 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 6:9; Hebrews 11:13 • persuadest, 1 Act 26:28 • persuading, 2 Act 19:8; Act 28:23 • trust, 6 2 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 10:7; Philippians 2:24; Philippians 3:4; Hebrews 2:13; Hebrews 13:18 • trusted, 2 Mat 27:43; Luke 18:9 • yield, 1 Act 23:21