What does οὐδέ · πείθω mean in the Bible?
οὐδέ · πείθω is a Greek phrase meaning "neither will they be persuaded/convinced".
Greek · G3761, G3982
οὐδὲ πεισθήσονται
Nor · to persuade
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οὐδέ G3761 nor
Pronunciation oudé
Negative conjunction meaning "and not" or "nor"; also functions as "not even" emphasizing complete negation.
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πείθω G3982 to persuade
Pronunciation peíthō
To persuade by winning confidence; passive sense emphasizes resulting belief and obedience to persuasion received.
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What does οὐδὲ πεισθήσονται (oude peisthēsontai) mean in the Bible?
οὐδέ · πείθω is a Greek phrase meaning "neither will they be persuaded/convinced".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3761, G3982?
G3761, G3982 is connected to 142 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. neither will they be persuaded/convinced
Source Gloss
neither will they be persuaded/convinced
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 142
Matt 5:15 · Matt 6:20 · Matt 6:26 · Matt 6:28 · Matt 7:18 · Matt 9:17 · Matt 10:24 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 12:4 · Matt 12:19 · Matt 13:13 · Matt 16:9 · Matt 16:10 · Matt 22:46 · Matt 23:13 · Matt 24:21 88×
Matt 6:15 · Matt 6:29 · Matt 21:27 · Matt 21:32 · Matt 24:36 · Matt 25:45 · Matt 27:14 · Mark 5:3 · Mark 6:31 · Mark 11:33 · Mark 12:10 · Mark 13:32 · Mark 14:59 · Luke 6:3 · Luke 7:7 · Luke 7:9 54×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 47 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 19 present 11 aorist 7 imperfect 6 future 3 pluperfect 1
Voice
active 27 passive 20
Mood
indicative 29 participle 13 infinitive 3 subjunctive 1 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 27:20 ἔπεισαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 27:43 πέποιθεν perfect active indicative resultant Matthew 28:14 πείσομεν future active indicative prospective Luke 11:22 ἐπεποίθει pluperfect active indicative resultant Luke 16:31 πεισθήσονται future passive indicative prospective Luke 18:9 πεποιθότας perfect active participle participle Acts 5:36 ἐπείθοντο imperfect passive indicative background Acts 5:37 ἐπείθοντο imperfect passive indicative background Acts 5:39 ἐπείσθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Acts 12:20 πείσαντες aorist active participle participle Acts 13:43 ἔπειθον imperfect active indicative background Acts 14:19 πείσαντες aorist active participle participle Acts 17:4 ἐπείσθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Acts 18:4 ἔπειθέν imperfect active indicative background Acts 19:26 πείσας aorist active participle participle Acts 21:14 πειθομένου present passive participle participle Acts 23:21 πεισθῇς aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Acts 26:26 πείθομαι present passive indicative ongoing Acts 26:28 πείθεις present active indicative ongoing Acts 27:11 ἐπείθετο imperfect passive indicative background Acts 28:23 πείθων present active participle participle Acts 28:24 ἐπείθοντο imperfect passive indicative background Romans 2:19 πέποιθάς perfect active indicative resultant Romans 2:8 πειθομένοις present passive participle participle Romans 8:38 πέπεισμαι perfect passive indicative resultant Romans 15:14 Πέπεισμαι perfect passive indicative resultant 2 Corinthians 2:3 πεποιθὼς perfect active participle participle 2 Corinthians 5:11 πείθομεν present active indicative ongoing 2 Corinthians 10:7 πέποιθεν perfect active indicative resultant Galatians 1:10 πείθω present active indicative ongoing Galatians 5:10 πέποιθα perfect active indicative resultant Galatians 5:7 πείθεσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive Philippians 1:14 πεποιθότας perfect active participle participle Philippians 1:25 πεποιθὼς perfect active participle participle Philippians 1:6 πεποιθὼς perfect active participle participle Philippians 2:24 πέποιθα perfect active indicative resultant Philippians 3:3 πεποιθότες perfect active participle participle Philippians 3:4 πεποιθέναι perfect active infinitive infinitive 2 Thessalonians 3:4 πεποίθαμεν perfect active indicative resultant 2 Timothy 1:12 πέπεισμαι perfect passive indicative resultant
+7 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
οὐδὲ πεισθήσονται is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain