noun · feminine
peismonas
Greekπεισμονή (peismonē)
Strong’sG3988
persuasion, conviction
stem peismon-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† πεισμονή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< πείθω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3988 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpice-mon-ay'
persuadableness, i.e. credulity
Fromfrom a presumed derivative of G3982;
King Jamespersuasion.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | peismonas1×πεισμονὴ | peismonais |
| object accusative | peismonan | peismonain |
| direct address vocative | peismonar | peismonair |
| of, belonging to genitive | peismonau | peismonaiu |
| to, for dative | peismona | peismonai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
peismona 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
peismonas“persuasion”subjectnominative singular1×
Galatians 5:8“persuasion”tas peismonas ouk ek tou kalarōtou vin.Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.