Quick Definition
πειθός, ή, όν Adj persuasive
Strong's Definition
persuasive
Derivation: from G3982 (πείθω);
KJV Usage: enticing
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ή, -όν | πείθω
33.304 · Communication · Urge, Persuade
persuasive, convincing (derivative of πείθω[a] ‘to persuade,’ 33.301) pertaining to being able to persuade or convince
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πειθός [WH més; see I, ε7, τή; -dv, (fr. πείθω, like φειδός fr. φείδομαι [cf.W. 96 (91) ]), persuasive : ἐν πειθοῖς λόγοις, 1 Co. ii. 4 [ef. B. 73]. Not found elsewhere [W. 24). The Grks. say πιθανός ; as πιθανοὶ λόγοι, Joseph. antt. 8, 9, and often in Grk. auth. See Passow s. v. πιθανός, 1e.; [L. and S. ibid. I. 2; WH. App. p. 1531.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πειθός peithos 1x
also spelled πιθός, persuasive, skillful, 1 Cor. 2:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† πειθός (πιθός, WH), -ή, -όν
(< πείθω), = cl. πιθανός,
persuasive: I Co 2:4 (not found elsewhere).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πειθός, “persuasive.” For the spelling of this adj. (WH πιθός), which hitherto has not been found elsewhere than in 1 Cor 24, cf. Moulton G». 11. p. 78, where the word is treated “fas a new adj. straight from the verb-stem.” See also Winer-Schmiedel, p. 135 n.?°, and Field WVores, p. 167. For the subst., which is read in certain inferior authorities in 1 Cor 24, see P Oxy III. 474°? (a.D. 184?) ἀβουλίᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ πειθοῖ τῶν παρηγγελμένων χρωμένοις, ‘in defiance rather than obedience to the proclamations” (Edd.) : cf. P Amh 11. 311! (B.c. 112) πειθανάγκης προσαχθείσης περὶ τοῦ καθήκοντος προστίμου, ‘forcible persuasion being employed with regard to the proper fine ” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πειθός (peithos) — persuasive. πειθός, ή, όν, ={πιθανός}, [NT]