adjective

peithos

Greekπειθός (peithos)

Strong’sG3981

persuasive

stem peith-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

persuasive1×

What it means

*† πειθός (πιθός, WH), -ή, -όν

(< πείθω), = cl. πιθανός,

persuasive: I Co 2:4 (not found elsewhere).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3981 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpi-thos'

persuasive

Fromfrom G3982;

King Jamesenticing.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	peithos	peithas	peithem	peithois	peithais	peitheim
object accusative	peithon	peithan		peithoin	peithain
direct address vocative	peithor	peithar		peithoir	peithair
of, belonging to genitive	peithou	peithau	peitheu	peithoiu	peithaiu	peitheiu
to, for dative	peitho	peitha	peithe	peithoi1×πειθοῖ	peithai	peithei

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

peithstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

peith 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

Words built on the same stem

peithamō — πείθω, I persuade, urge

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

peithoi“persuasive”to, fordative plural1×

1 Corinthians 2:4“persuasive”kai tos logos mu kai tem kērugmem mu ouk en peithoi sofiau alla en apodeixia pneumeu kai dunamiau,My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,