Words the Bible translates as persuade
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- peithōπείθωto work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
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- to rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- helkuō, helkōἕλκωto pull something or someone along by force: a sword drawn out, a net hauled in, a person dragged off.
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- of God: to draw a person to Christ, the pull of God on someone who does not come on their own.
- patahפָּתָהto sway an open or gullible mind: to entice, persuade, or seduce someone, or to be the naive, easily led person who is swayed
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- to make wide or roomy: to enlarge a person's space and give them room to spread out
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
- anapeithōἀναπείθωto persuadenot studied yet
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