What does πείθω · πεποίθησις mean in the Bible?
πείθω · πεποίθησις is a Greek phrase meaning "trust, confidence, reliance".
Greek · G3982, G4006
πεποιθότες / πεποίθησιν
To persuade · reliance
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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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πεποίθησις G4006 reliance
Pronunciation pepoíthēsis
Confidence grounded in persuasion or assurance; firm reliance on something or someone trustworthy.
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What does πεποιθότες / πεποίθησιν (pepoithotes / pepoithēsin) mean in the Bible?
πείθω · πεποίθησις is a Greek phrase meaning "trust, confidence, reliance".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3982, G4006?
G3982, G4006 is connected to 52 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. trust, confidence, reliance
Source Gloss
trust, confidence, reliance
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 52 Tenses Perfect, Imperfect, Future, Aorist, Present, Pluperfect Voices Passive, Active
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 30×
Perfect Passive Rom 8:38 · Rom 14:14 · Rom 15:14 · 2 Tim 1:5 · 2 Tim 1:12 · Heb 6:9 6×
Perfect Active Matt 27:43 · 2 Cor 10:7 · Gal 5:10 · Phil 2:24 · Rom 2:19 · 2 Thess 3:4 6×
Imperfect Passive Acts 5:36 · Acts 5:37 · Acts 28:24 · Acts 27:11 4×
Present Active Acts 26:28 · 2 Cor 5:11 · Gal 1:10 3×
Future Active Matt 28:14 · 1 John 3:19 2×
Aorist Passive Acts 5:39 · Acts 17:4 2×
Imperfect Active Acts 13:43 · Acts 18:4 2×
Present Passive Acts 26:26 · Heb 13:18 2×
Aorist Active Matt 27:20 1×
Pluperfect Active Luke 11:22 1×
Future Passive Luke 16:31 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 17×
Perfect Active 2 Cor 2:3 · Phil 1:6 · Phil 1:25 · Phlm 1:21 · Heb 2:13 · Luke 18:9 · Phil 1:14 · 2 Cor 1:9 · Phil 3:3 9×
Aorist Active Acts 12:20 · Acts 14:19 · Acts 19:26 3×
Present Active Acts 19:8 · Acts 28:23 2×
Present Passive Acts 21:14 · Rom 2:8 2×
Perfect Passive Luke 20:6 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 3×
Present Passive Gal 5:7 · Jas 3:3 2×
Perfect Active Phil 3:4 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 23:21 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Passive Heb 13:17 1×
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
πεποιθότες / πεποίθησιν is a primary verb - no further derivation.
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