Quick Definition
persuasion, conviction
Strong's Definition
persuadableness, i.e. credulity
Derivation: from a presumed derivative of G3982 (πείθω);
KJV Usage: persuasion
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πεισμονή, πεισμονης, ἡ (πείθω, which see; like πλησμονή), persuasion: in an active sense (yet cf. Lightfoot on Gal. as below) and contextually, treacherous or deceptive persuasion, Gal_5:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 68, 1 at the end). (Found besides in Ignat. ad Rom_3:1-31; Rom_3:1-31 [ET] longer recens.; Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 53 at the beginning; (Irenaeus 4, 33, 7); Epiphanius 30, 21; Chrysostom on 1Th_1:3; Apollonius Dyscolus, syntax, p. 195, 10 (299, 17); Eustathius on Homer, Iliad a., p. 21, 46, verse 22; 99, 45, verse 442; i, p. 637, 5, verse 131; and Odyssey, chapter, p. 185, 22, verse 285.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πεισμονή peismonē 1x
a yielding to persuasion, assent, Gal_5:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† πεισμονή , -ῆς , ἡ
( <πείθω ),
persuasion: Gal_5:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πεισμονή [page 502]
πεισμονή in Gal_5:8 may be either act. the act of persuasion, or pass, the being persuaded : see Lightfoot or Burton ( ICC ) ad 1. for exx. of both usages. For πεῖσμα see the vi/A.D. P Oxy VI. 943 .5 f. Σερῆνος γὰρ . . . διὰ πίσματος γυναικὸς ἐδίωξεν Κόλλουθον τὸν εὐλαβέστατον ἐκ τοῦ λο <υ >τροῦ , καὶ ὅτε ἐποίησεν τὸ πῖσμα αὐτοῦ οὐ θέλει ἀποστῆναι , for Serenus through the persuasion of his wife chased the most discreet Colluthus out of the bath, and having done what he was persuaded to do will not depart (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πεισμονή πεισμονή, ἡ, [Etym: = πειθώ] "persuasion", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πεισμονή, -ῆς, ἡ
(πείθω),
persuasion: Gal.5:8.†
πείθω,
[in LXX chiefly for בָּטַח בֶּטַח, its parts and derivatives ;]
__(i) Active;
__1. trans., to apply persuasion ("conative" in pres.; see M, Pr., 147), to prevail upon or win over, persuade: absol., Mat.28:14, Act.19:26; before περί, with genitive of thing(s), Act.19:8; with accusative of person(s), Act.12:20 14:19 18:4, 2Co.5:11, Gal.1:10; τ. καρδίας ἡμῶν, 1Jn.3:19; with accusative before περί, Act.28:23; with accusative and inf., Act.13:43 26:28 (see Field, Notes, 141 ff.); with accusative before ἵνα (Plut.), Mat.27:20.
__2. Intrans., 2 pf. πέποιθα with Pres. sense (see M, Pr., 147, 154; Bl., § 59, 2): to trust, be confident, have confidence: with accusative and inf., Rom.2:19; with accusative ref. (see Ellic., in l) : Php.1:6, 25; with dative, Php.1:14, Phm 21; ἑαυτῷ, with inf., 2Co.10:7; before ἐν, Php.3:3-4; ἐν κυρίῳ ὅτι, Php.2:24; ἐπί, with dative, Mat.27:43 (WH, mg.), Mrk.10:24 (T, WH, R, mg., om.), Luk.11:22 18:9, 2Co.1:9, Heb.2:13; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.27:43 (with dative, WH, mg.); id. before ὅτι, 2Co.2:3, 2Th.3:4 (see Lft., Notes, 127); εἰς, with accusative of person(s) before ὅτι, Gal.5:10.
(ii) Pass. and mid.;
__1. to be persuaded, believe (see M, Pr., 158) : absol., Luk.16:31, Act.17:4 21:14, Heb.13:18; with dative, Act.28:24; with accusative and inf., Act.26:26; so also pf., πέπεισμαι, πεπεισμένος εἰμί: with accusative ref. before περί, Heb.6:9; with accusative and inf., Luk.20:6; ὅτι, Rom.8:38, 2Ti.1:5 1:12; id. with ἐν κυρίῳ, Rom.14:14; περί, with genitive before ὅτι, Rom.15:14.
__2. to listen to, obey: with dative of person(s), Act.5:36-37, 40 23:21 27:11, Rom.2:8, Gal.5:7, Heb.13:17, Jas.3:3 (cf. ἀνα-πείθω).†
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