Bible Dictionary: Persuasive

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence.

2. (n.) That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.

Greek

4086. pithanologia -- persuasive speech
... persuasive speech. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pithanologia
Phonetic Spelling: (pith-an-ol-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition: persuasive speech ...
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3981. peithos -- persuasive
... persuasive. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: peithos Phonetic Spelling:
(pi-thos') Short Definition: persuasive Definition: persuasive, enticing ...
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3849. parabiazomai -- to force against (nature)
... 3849 (from 3844 , ", close-beside" and 971 , "to compel by force") -- properly,
using words that powerfully "hit home" and hence are persuasive (successful). ...
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1730. endeigma -- an indication, a proof
... 1730 (a neuter noun) -- A plain (undeniable) demonstration or display which is
conspicuously , ie as a token of that is adequate (persuasive, validating). ...
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Library

A Persuasive to Steadfastness
... A Persuasive to Steadfastness. A Sermon (No.1042). Delivered on Thursday Evening,
February 29th, 1872, by. CH SPURGEON,. At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/a persuasive to steadfastness.htm

A Serious Persuasive to Such a Method of Spending Our Days as is ...
... THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF RELIGION IN THE SOUL. CHAPTER XX. A SERIOUS PERSUASIVE
TO SUCH A METHOD OF SPENDING OUR DAYS AS IS REPRESENTED IN THE FORMER CHAPTER. ...
/.../chapter xx a serious persuasive.htm

That the Same God, by the Same Word, Restrains from Sin by ...
... Consider these. The good (to kalon) belongs to the panegyrical form of speech,
the useful to the persuasive. For the hortatory and ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter x that the same god.htm

History of Public Speaking
... Indeed, it is the highly sensitive nature that often produces the most persuasive
orator, but only when he has learned to conserve and properly use this ...
/.../kleiser/successful methods of public speaking/history of public speaking.htm

Match-Making.
... authority of the parent ceases. His interposition then should not involve
coercive, but persuasive measures. Then a mere mechanical ...
/.../philips/the christian home/chapter xxiii match-making.htm

In Every Style the Orator Should Aim at Perspicuity, Beauty, and ...
... ago [2007] as necessary to be fulfilled by any one who wishes to speak with wisdom
and eloquence, viz., perspicuity, beauty of style, and persuasive power, we ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 26 in every style the.htm

Now in Regard to the Three Conditions I Laid Down a Little While ...
... perspicuity, beauty of style, and persuasive power, we are not to understand that
these three qualities attach themselves respectively to the three several ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 56 now in regard.htm

George Whitefield.
... conduct, and in his eagerness to obtain popularity, he preached not only in prisons,
but in the open fields, and by a strong persuasive eloquence, multitudes ...
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With Respect to the Question, "How is He Incapable of Persuading ...
... them properly, to do his utmost to persuade, and yet appear to fail, because he
cannot overcome the will of him who ought to yield to his persuasive arts. ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lvii with respect to.htm

The Dramatic Element in Speaking
... which pervade his soul; in addressing his fellow men in the spirit of an ambassador
of Christ, the gentle yet earnest spirit of persuasive action will be ...
/.../kleiser/talks on talking/the dramatic element in speaking.htm

Thesaurus

Persuasive (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Tending to persuade; having the power of
persuading; as, persuasive eloquence. ...Persuasive (4 Occurrences). ...
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Eloquence (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of
expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken ...
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Flattering (11 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 7:21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering
of her lips, she seduced him. (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS). ...
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Fair (147 Occurrences)
... Pure, free of defilement, the Revised Version (British and American) "clean," Tahor
(Zechariah 3:5). (3) "Fair speech," plausible, persuasive (leqah, Proverbs 7 ...
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Followers (37 Occurrences)
... Philippians 2:1 If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there
is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if ...
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Tender-heartedness (2 Occurrences)
... Philippians 2:1 If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there
is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if ...
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Truths (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 2:4 And my language and the Message that I proclaimed were not adorned
with persuasive words of earthly wisdom, but depended upon truths which ...
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Tenderness (4 Occurrences)
... Philippians 2:1 If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there
is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if ...
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Demonstration (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 2:4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human
wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, (WEB KJV ASV DBY ...
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Depended (6 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 2:4 And my language and the Message that I proclaimed were not adorned
with persuasive words of earthly wisdom, but depended upon truths which ...
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Bible Concordance

Persuasive (4 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 2:4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Philippians 2:1 If then I can appeal to you as the followers of Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love and any common sharing of the Spirit, or if you have any tender-heartedness and compassion, make my joy complete by being of one mind,
(WEY)

Colossians 2:4 Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
(Root in WEB ASV DBY NAS)

Proverbs 7:21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Persuasive

Related Terms

Eloquence (4 Occurrences)

Flattering (11 Occurrences)

Fair (147 Occurrences)

Followers (37 Occurrences)

Tender-heartedness (2 Occurrences)

Truths (15 Occurrences)

Tenderness (4 Occurrences)