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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 word meaning "trust, confidence, reliance".

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Meaning

trust, confidence, reliance

Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses

Perfect Imperfect Future Aorist Present Pluperfect

Voices

Passive Active

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

completed 3 ongoing 5 prospective 3 resultant 12 imperative 1 background 6 subjunctive 1 infinitive 3 participle 13

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

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 Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 14 — Through Many Hardships into the Kingdom Acts 17 — The Gospel Reasoned from Scripture and Proclaimed to the Nations Acts 18 — The Lord Strengthens the Mission in Corinth and Beyond Acts 28 — Paul in Rome: The Kingdom Proclaimed Without Hindrance Ephesians 3 — The Mystery Revealed and the Church Strengthened in Christ’s Love Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ Romans 14 — Receiving One Another, Honoring the Lord, and Pursuing Peace in Matters of Conscience

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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