What does πειθός (peithós) mean in the Bible?
πειθός (peithós) is a Greek word meaning "persuasive".
Greek · G3981
πειθός
Persuasive
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πειθόςG3981
Pronunciationpeithós
What does πειθός (peithós) mean in the Bible?
πειθός (peithós) is a Greek word meaning "persuasive".
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How does the BSB render G3981?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include persuasive (1).
Where does πειθός (peithós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 2:4. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itpersuasive1×1 Corinthians 2:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Corinthians 2:4
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Corinthians1
Source forms
πειθοῖς1xpeithois1 Corinthians 2:4
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural1x1 Corinthians 2:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. persuasive
Strong'sG3981
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
persuasive
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(πείθω), = cl. πιθανός, persuasive: 1Co.2:4 (not found elsewhere).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 2:4Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
πειθοῖςpeiqoiv
persuasive
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 2:41×
Word Origins
πειθός is built from this root: