verb
anapeithamō
Strong’sG374
I urge by evil persuasion, I tempt
stem anapeith-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀνα-πείθω,
[in LXX: Je 29:8 (נשׂא hi.), I Mac 1:11*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G374 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs 4th c.AD+, persuade, convince, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 persuade, move to do a thing, with accusative person et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; followed by conjunction, ἀ. ὡς χρή.. Refs persuade one of a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 seduce, mislead, τινάRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. χρήμασι, δώροις, bribe, Refs 5th c.BC+; χρυσίον διδοὺς ἀναπείσεις ὅπως.. NT+5th c.BC+:—passive, ἀναπεπεισμένος bribed, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| anapeithatōἀναπείθει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | persuading | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anapeithamō | anapeithame | anapeithami | anapeithama | anapeithamē | anapeithamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | anapeithasō | anapeithase | anapeithasi | anapeithasa | anapeithasē | anapeithaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anapeithatō1×ἀναπείθει | anapeithate | anapeithati | anapeithata | anapeithatē | anapeithatelē |
| we 1st person plural | anapeithanō | anapeithane | anapeithani | anapeithana | anapeithanē | anapeithanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anapeithavō | anapeithave | anapeithavi | anapeithava | anapeithavē | anapeithavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | anapeithalō | anapeithale | anapeithali | anapeithala | anapeithalē | anapeithalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anapeithameiō | anapeithameia | anapeithameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | anapeithaseiō | anapeithaseia | anapeithaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anapeithateiō | anapeithateia | anapeithateiē |
| we 1st person plural | anapeithaneiō | anapeithaneia | anapeithaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anapeithaveiō | anapeithaveia | anapeithaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | anapeithaleiō | anapeithaleia | anapeithaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | anapeithasōr | anapeithasar | anapeithasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anapeithatōr | anapeithatar | anapeithatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | anapeithavōr | anapeithavar | anapeithavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | anapeithalōr | anapeithalar | anapeithalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anapeithamoiō | anapeithamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | anapeithasoiō | anapeithasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anapeithatoiō | anapeithatoia |
| we 1st person plural | anapeithanoiō | anapeithanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | anapeithavoiō | anapeithavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | anapeithaloiō | anapeithaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | anapeitharō | anapeithari | anapeithara | anapeitharē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | anapeitharōntos | anapeitharintos | anapeitharantos | anapeitharēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
anapeith is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
anapeithatō“persuading”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Acts 18:13legarōntois hoti Para ton nomon anapeithatō houtos toin anthrōpoin seborō ton theon.“This man is persuading the people to worship God in …