Bible Dictionary: Persuading

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persuade.

Greek

4100. pisteuo -- to believe, entrust
... 4100 (from 4102 , "faith," derived from 3982 , "persuade, be persuaded") -- (affirm,
have confidence); used of persuading oneself (= human believing) and with ...
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3982. peitho -- to persuade, to have confidence
... 3), convinced (7), followed (2), have confidence (2), having confidence (2), listen
(1), obey (3), obeying (1), persuade (4), persuaded (8), persuading (1), put ...
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Library

With Respect to the Question, "How is He Incapable of Persuading ...
... Chapter LVII. With respect to the question, "How is he incapable of persuading
and admonishing men?" it� With respect to the question ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lvii with respect to.htm

I May Briefly Reduce the Chief Persuading Motive to this So ...
... A TREATISE OF CHRISTIAN LOVE. John xiii. 35. Chapter III. I may briefly reduce
the chief persuading motive to this so needful and so much� ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/chapter iii i may briefly.htm

Rhetoric and Eloquence
... Rhetoric has been commonly defined as "The power of persuading." This opinion
originated with Isocrates, if the work ascribed to him be really his; not that he ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/rhetoric and eloquence.htm

Introductory Tertullian Compares the Heresy to the Old Eleusinian ...
... They have the knack of persuading men before instructing them; although truth persuades
by teaching, but does not teach by first persuading. Footnotes: ...
/.../against the valentinians/chapter i introductory tertullian compares the.htm

Acts xix. 8, 9
... "And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months,
disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xli acts xix 8.htm

Colossians i. 21, 22
... For neither would persuading them be any gain, except he that held them were bound;
nor would binding him have been of any service, except they whom he ...
/.../homily iv colossians i 21.htm

On the First Sin of the First Man
... (1.) The one, directly persuading, was deduced from a view of the advantage
which man would obtain from it, that is, a likeness to God. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/disputation 7 on the first.htm

Whether the Devil is Directly the Cause of Man's Sinning?
... In the second and third ways, either the devil or a man may incite to sin, either
by offering an object of appetite to the senses, or by persuading the reason. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the devil is directly.htm

"Therefore, Brethren, we are Debtors, not to the Flesh, to Live ...
... gospel, that those who bind on burdens on others do not themselves touch them with
one of their fingers, and while they seem serious in persuading others, yet ...
/.../the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xxxii therefore brethren we.htm

The Last Glimpse of Paul
... when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom
he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the last glimpse of paul.htm

Thesaurus

Persuading (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Persuading (6 Occurrences). ... (YLT). Acts 18:4 and he was
reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks. ...
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Persuasion (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons
offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the ...
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Persuade (20 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:8 the King James Version writes "persuading the things" (the Revised Version
(British and American) "as to the things") for "present the things ...
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Reasoning (37 Occurrences)
... with him. (YLT NAS). Acts 18:4 and he was reasoning in the synagogue every
sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks. (YLT NAS). Acts ...
/r/reasoning.htm - 19k

Persuadeth (6 Occurrences)

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Nereus (1 Occurrence)
... the "Acts of Nereus and Achilleus" which call them chamberlains of Domitilla, the
niece of Vespasian, and relate their influence over her in persuading her to ...
/n/nereus.htm - 7k

Onias
... Menelaus took revenge by persuading Andronicus, the king's deputy, to entice Onias
by false promises of friendship from his sanctuary at Daphne and ...
/o/onias.htm - 10k

Larger (23 Occurrences)
... He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them
concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning ...
/l/larger.htm - 13k

Lodging (24 Occurrences)
... He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them
concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning ...
/l/lodging.htm - 14k

Gamaliel (7 Occurrences)
... (2) A Pharisee who at the meeting of the "council" succeeded in persuading its members
to adopt a more reasonable course when they were incensed at the ...
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Bible Concordance

Persuading (6 Occurrences)

Acts 13:43 and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.
(YLT)

Acts 18:4 and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.
(YLT)

Acts 18:13 saying -- 'Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'
(See RSV NIV)

Acts 19:8 He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the Kingdom of God.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Acts 28:23 When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 32:11 Is not Hezekiah persuading you, to give you up to die by famine, and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God doth deliver us from the hand of the king of Asshur?
(YLT)

Subtopics

Persuading

Related Terms

Persuasion (2 Occurrences)

Persuade (20 Occurrences)

Reasoning (37 Occurrences)

Persuadeth (6 Occurrences)

Nereus (1 Occurrence)

Onias

Larger (23 Occurrences)

Lodging (24 Occurrences)

Gamaliel (7 Occurrences)