noun · feminine

pithanologias

Greekπιθανολογία (pithanologia)

Strong’sG4086

persuasive speech

stem pithanologi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

plausible arguments1×

What it means

* πιθανολογία, -ας, ἡ

(< πιθανός, persuasive, plausible), in cl. (Plat),

the use of probable arguments, as opp. to demonstration (ἀπόδειξις); hence, persuasive speech: Col 2:4 (v. ICC, in l.).†

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

Strong’s G4086 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpith-an-ol-og-ee'-ah

persuasive language

Fromfrom a compound of a derivative of G3982 and G3056;

King Jamesenticing words.

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	pithanologias	pithanologiais
object accusative	pithanologian	pithanologiain
direct address vocative	pithanologiar	pithanologiair
of, belonging to genitive	pithanologiau	pithanologiaiu
to, for dative	pithanologia1×πιθανολογίᾳ	pithanologiai

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

pithanologistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

pithanologia 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

pithanologia“plausible arguments”to, fordative singular1×

Colossians 2:4“plausible arguments”houtem legamō hina mēdenos vin paralogizeteiō en pithanologia.I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.