Strong G3982πείθω
to persuade
- Transliteration
- peithō
- Pronunciation
- pi'-tho
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to convince (by argument true or false); by analogy to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively to assent (to evidence or authority) to rely (by inward certainty): - agree assure believe have confidence be (wax) content make friend obey persuade trust yield.
Detailed definition
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).†
Πειθώ, -οῦς, ἡ
1. Peitho, Persuasion (as a goddess).
2. persuasion: ἐν πειθοῖ (so Orig., Eus. and some cursives in 1Co.2:4 for πειθός, which see).†
(AS)
[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).†
Πειθώ, -οῦς, ἡ
1. Peitho, Persuasion (as a goddess).
2. persuasion: ἐν πειθοῖ (so Orig., Eus. and some cursives in 1Co.2:4 for πειθός, which see).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3982 appears in 55 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- persuade21
- trust9
- obey7
- confidence6
- believe3
- do2
- have2
- should2
- agree1
- art1
- assure1
- being1
First verses
- Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
- Matthew 27:43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
- Matthew 28:14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
- Mark 10:24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
- Luke 11:22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
- Luke 16:31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
- Luke 18:9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
- Luke 20:6But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
- Acts 5:36For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
- Acts 5:37After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
- Acts 5:40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 12:20And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
- Acts 13:43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
- Acts 14:19And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
- Acts 17:4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
- Acts 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
- Acts 19:8And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
- Acts 19:26Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
- Acts 21:14And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
- Acts 23:21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πείθω,
persuade, imperfect ἔπειθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.91, etc.)]; Epic dialect and Lyric poetry πεῖθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (16.842, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.16)]: future πείσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.345, etc.)]; Epic dialect infinitive πεισέμεν [Refs (5.252)]: aorist 1 ἔπεισα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 84, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 304, etc. (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has only optative πείσειε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.123))]; Aeolic dialect participle πείσαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.16)]: aorist 2 ἔπῐθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 3.65 (poetry πίθον), 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.58 (poetry dual πιθέταν), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 941, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 949, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.64, used by 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in Epic dialect reduplicate forms πεπίθωμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.112, πεπίθοιμι 23.40, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.14, πεπῐθεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.184, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.536, πεπῐθών 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).72 (see. below), πεπιθοῦσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.26 (_indicative_ not in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” or 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, πέπιθον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.964, πέπιθε “hymnus ad Apollinem” 275))]: perfect πέπεικα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.7, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.15)]:—middle and passive πείθομαι, obey, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.79)], etc.: future πείσομαι[Refs ([prev. work] 289)], etc.: aorist 2 ἐπῐθόμην, Epic dialect πιθόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.201, ἐπίθετο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 73, ἐπίθοντο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.260, “IG” 22.29.14, reduplicate πεπίθοντο 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 135; _imperative_ πίθεο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.59, πιθοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 992, _plural_ πίθεσθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 794)]; subjunctive πίθωμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.273, etc.; _optative_ πιθοίμην 4.93, etc. (reduplicate πεπίθοιτο 10.204))]; infinitive πιθέσθαι [Refs (7.293, etc. (πεπιθέσθαι “Anthologia Graeca” 14.75))]; participle πιθόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1226)]: aorist 1 middle ἐπεισάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(5).720.5 (Andros, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.391 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus in Rhetores Graeci 8.150)] W.: future passive πεισθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 624, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 248e, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἐπείσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 593, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 526, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 866, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.29)]: perfect πέπεισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 697, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 578, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328e)]; Thess. perfect infinitive πεπεῖστειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).517.16 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC).)]
II intransitive tenses of active, in passive sense, perfect 2 πέποιθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.325, etc. (not frequently in Prose); _imperative_ πέπεισθι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 599 codices)]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive πεποίθῃς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.524)]; Epic dialect 1st pers. plural πεποίθομεν (for-ωμεν) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.335; _optative_ πεποιθοίη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 940)]: pluperfect ἐπεποίθειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.171)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐπεποίθεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.88)]; Epic dialect πεποίθεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.434, 8.181)]; 1st pers. plural ἐπέπιθμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.341, 4.159: 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus uses)]aorist 2 participle πιθών ={πιθόμενος}, [Refs (“P.” 3.28, reduplicate πεπιθών “I.” 4(3).72.)]
III as if from πῐθέω, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has future πῐθήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.369)] (obey): aorist participle πῐθήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.398)] (trust),[Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 359, 671, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.109, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 618 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 735)]; reduplicate aorist subjunctive πεπῐθήσω transitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.223)]:—also Aeolic dialect πίθημι, participle πίθεις [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 9.4.)]
A active, prevail upon, persuade, usually by fair means, τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.345, etc.)]; πεπιθεῖν φρένας Αἰακίδαο[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 184; σοὶ δὲ φρένας ἄφρονι πεῖθε 16.842; τοῦ θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἔπειθον 9.587, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.258, 23.337; Ἕκτορι θυμὸν ἔπειθε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.78)]: with accusative person et infinitive, persuade one to..,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 223, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 724, etc.)]; π. τινὰς ὥστε δοῦναι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.5, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31, etc.)]; ὥστε μὴ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 901)]; later ἵνα.. [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.27.20, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.181a)]; π. τινὰς ὡς χρὴ.., ὡς ἔστι.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 327c, 364b; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν ὁμολογίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.76; κοὐδείς γέ μ᾽ ἂν πείσειεν.. τὸ μὴ ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 68)]; πείθω ἐμαυτόν I persuade myself, am persuaded, believe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 453b, etc.; also π. τι ὠφέλιμον ὄν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17: frequently in)]participle, πείσας by persuasion, by fair means, opposed to ἐν δόλῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 102, compare 612)]; opposed to βίᾳ, [Refs (“Tragica Adespota” 402)]; πόλιν πείσας having obtained the city's consent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1298; δᾶμον πείσαις λόγῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.16)]; μὴ πείσας unless by leave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844e; οὐ πείσαντες τὸν δῆμον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.41)]; πείθοντες, opposed to βίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.11)]; π. γυναῖκα, opposed to βιάζεσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 6.1.34)]; πέπεικε, opposed to ἠνάγκακε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hipparchus” 232b (but π. ἀνάγκῃ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 62.16, compare πειθανάγκη))]: with neuter pronoun, persuade one to or of a thing, τοῦτό γε οὐκ ἔπειθε τοὺς Φωκαιέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.163, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1064 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399b, etc.; ἔπειθον οὐδέν᾽ οὐδέν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1212)]; μὴ πεῖθ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ do not attempt to persuade me to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1442)]; also τοιάνδ᾽ ἔπειθε ῥῆσιν addressed them thus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 615.)]
2 prevail on by entreaty, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.219, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.363; τότε κέν μιν ἱλασσάμενοι πεπίθοιμεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.100; ὥς κέν μιν ἀρεσσάμενοι πεπίθωμεν 9.112, compare 181, 386, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 450; Ζηνὸς ἦτορ λιταῖς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366a, “Ap.” 37d: with double _accusative_, τὸν φόρον ὑποτελῶ Ἀθηναίοισιν, ὃν ἂν πείθω Ἀθηναίους “IG” 12.39.27.)]
II in bad sense, talk over, mislead, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.132, compare 6.360; ἔληθε δόλῳ καὶ ἔπειθεν Ἀχαιούς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.106, compare 14.123; πεπιθοῦσα θυέλλας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.26.)]
II.2 π. τινὰ χρήμασι bribe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.134, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.10)]; π. ἐπὶ μισθῷ μισθῷ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.4, 9.33, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, etc.)] (passive, χρήμασι πεισθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.137): proverbial, δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 272)]; πείθειν τινά alone, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.19, NT.Act.12.20.)]
II.3 offood, tempt, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Xenocrates Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 2.58.84.)]
B passive and middle, to be prevailed on, won over, persuaded, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.201, etc.)]; imperative frequently in Trag., πείθου be persuaded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 520, “El.” 1015, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 440)]; but πιθοῦ comply, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1181, “El.” 1207)]: with infinitive, to be persuaded to do, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 624)]; πείθεσθέ μοι πρύτανιν ἑλέσθαι [Refs (Pl. “Prt.” 338a)]; also πείθεσθαί τινι ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2)]; ὃ.. ὑμεῖς.. ἥκιστ᾽ ἂν ὀξέως πείθοισθε (i.e. πρᾶξαι) [Refs ([prev. author] 6.34)]; ἑκὼν καὶ πεπεισμένος of one's own free will, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (POxy. ivp 203 (4th c.AD))], etc.; τὰ μὲν παρ᾽ ἡμῶν ἴσθι σοι πεπεισμένα we are won over to you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1170.)]
B.2 πείθεσθαί τινι listen to one, obey him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.79, etc.)]; τοῖς ἐν τέλει βεβῶσι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 67)]; τοῖς ἄρχουσι, τῷ νόμῳ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8, “An.” 7.3.39; μᾶλλον τῷ θεῷ ἢ ὑμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d: sometimes with double _dative_, ἔπεσι, μύθοισι π. τινί, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.150, 23.157: without _dative_ _person_, ἐπείθετο μύθῳ 1.33, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.177)]; γήραϊ πείθεσθαι yield, succumb to old age, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.645)]; στυγερῇ πειθώμεθα δαιτί let us comply with the custom of eating, sad though the meal be, [Refs ([prev. work] 48; νῦν μὲν πειθώμεθα νυκτὶ μελαίνῃ, of leaving off the labours of the day, 8.502)]; ἀδίκοις ἔργμασι π. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.11, 13.12.)]
B.2.b with adjective neuter, σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαι obey him in all things, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.21)]; ἅ τιν᾽ οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω wherein I think some will not obey, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.289, compare 4.93, 7.48, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100, etc.; πάντ᾽ ἔγωγε πείσομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 529; πείσομαι δ᾽ ἃ σοὶ δοκεῖ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1180; οὐ.. πείθομαι τὸ δρᾶν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1252; μύθοις.. πεισθεὶς ἀφανῆ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1288 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.3: rarely with Noun in _accusative_, χρήμασι πεισθῆναι [τὴν ἀναχώρησιν] 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.21 (assuming variant).)]
B.3 with genitive, four times in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, πείθεσθαί τινος 1.126, 5.29, 33, 6.12, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 726, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.73; πείσθητί μευ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.66)]; κείνου.. πιθοίατο vulgar form in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.57.)]
B.II πείθεσθαί τινι believe, trust in, πείθεθ᾽ ἑταίρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.45; οἰωνοῖσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.238; τεράεσσι θεῶν καὶ Ζηνὸς ἀρωγῇ 4.408; ἐνυπνίῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.79; λεγομένοισι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.146, etc.)]: with accusative et infinitive, believe that.., οὐ γάρ πω ἐπείθετο ὃν πατέρ᾽ εἶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.192, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, etc.: with _dative_ _person_ et)]infinitive, π. τινὶ μὴ εἶναι χρήματα, ={ὅτι χρήματα οὐκ ἔχει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.3: with ὡς, οὐ πείσονται ὡς σὺ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἠθέλησας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 44c, compare “R.” 391b: with _neuter_)] adjective or pronoun, τὰ περὶ Αἴγυπτον τοῖσι λέγουσι αὐτὰ π., οὐκ ἐπείθοντο τὰ ἐσαγγελθέντα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.12, 8.81; πείθεσθε τούτῳ ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 592)]; ταῦτ᾽ ἐγώ σοι οὐ πείθομαι I do not take this on your word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 25e, compare “Phdr.” 235b: _absolutely_, ὡς ἐγὼ πείθομαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.34.)]
B.II.b π. τινὰ ὅπως.. to believe of him, that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1251.)]
B.III perfect [Refs (2 πέποιθα)]trust, rely on, with dative person vel of things, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.325, etc.)] (not frequently in early Prose, as αὑτῷ πεποιθέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 248a))]: with dative et infinitive, οὔ πω χερσὶ πέποιθα ἄνδρ᾽ ἀπαμύνασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.71, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.96, etc.: with _dative_, οἷσι.. μαρναμένοισι πέποιθε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.98: later with)]infinitive only, πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος I trust to win this fame, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 769)]; αἰχμήν.. μᾶλλον θεοῦ σέβειν πεποιθώς daring to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 530: once in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, χρήμασι ἐπεποίθεσαν διώσεσθαι 9.88)]: rarely with accusative et infinitive, πέποιθα.. τὸν πυρφόρον ἥξειν κεραυνόν [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 444; εἴ τις πέποιθεν ἑαυτῷ Χριστοῦ εἶναι NT.2Cor.10.7)]; π. εἴς τινας ὅτι.. [NT (NT.Gal.5.10)]; ἐπί τινας ὅτι.. [NT (NT.2Cor.2.3; ἐπὶ χρήμασι NT.Mark.10.24: _absolutely_, ὄφρα πεποίθῃς)] that you may feel confidence, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.524, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.344)]; πεποιθώς in sure confidence, [LXX (LXX.Deu.33.28.)]
B.IV post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]perfect passive πέπεισμαι believe, trust, with dative, νεκροῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 599; ὀνείροις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1190, etc.: with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, συνοίσειν ταῦτα πέπ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.51, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 368a: _absolutely_, νῦν δὲ πέπεισμαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 328e)]; πεπεισμένος ἔκ τινων λογίων persuaded by.., [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 14; πεπείσμεθα περὶ ὑμῶν τὰ κρείττονα NT.Heb.6.9)]. (Cf. Latin fido, fides.)
persuade, imperfect ἔπειθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.91, etc.)]; Epic dialect and Lyric poetry πεῖθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (16.842, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.16)]: future πείσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.345, etc.)]; Epic dialect infinitive πεισέμεν [Refs (5.252)]: aorist 1 ἔπεισα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.80, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 84, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 304, etc. (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has only optative πείσειε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.123))]; Aeolic dialect participle πείσαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.16)]: aorist 2 ἔπῐθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 3.65 (poetry πίθον), 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.58 (poetry dual πιθέταν), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 941, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 949, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.64, used by 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in Epic dialect reduplicate forms πεπίθωμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.112, πεπίθοιμι 23.40, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.14, πεπῐθεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.184, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.536, πεπῐθών 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).72 (see. below), πεπιθοῦσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.26 (_indicative_ not in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” or 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, πέπιθον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.964, πέπιθε “hymnus ad Apollinem” 275))]: perfect πέπεικα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.7, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.15)]:—middle and passive πείθομαι, obey, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.79)], etc.: future πείσομαι[Refs ([prev. work] 289)], etc.: aorist 2 ἐπῐθόμην, Epic dialect πιθόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.201, ἐπίθετο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 73, ἐπίθοντο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.260, “IG” 22.29.14, reduplicate πεπίθοντο 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 135; _imperative_ πίθεο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.59, πιθοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 992, _plural_ πίθεσθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 794)]; subjunctive πίθωμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.273, etc.; _optative_ πιθοίμην 4.93, etc. (reduplicate πεπίθοιτο 10.204))]; infinitive πιθέσθαι [Refs (7.293, etc. (πεπιθέσθαι “Anthologia Graeca” 14.75))]; participle πιθόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1226)]: aorist 1 middle ἐπεισάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(5).720.5 (Andros, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.391 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 4th c.BC: Sopater Comicus in Rhetores Graeci 8.150)] W.: future passive πεισθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 624, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 248e, etc.)]: aorist 1 ἐπείσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 593, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 526, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 866, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.29)]: perfect πέπεισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 697, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 578, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 328e)]; Thess. perfect infinitive πεπεῖστειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).517.16 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC).)]
II intransitive tenses of active, in passive sense, perfect 2 πέποιθα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.325, etc. (not frequently in Prose); _imperative_ πέπεισθι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 599 codices)]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive πεποίθῃς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.524)]; Epic dialect 1st pers. plural πεποίθομεν (for-ωμεν) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.335; _optative_ πεποιθοίη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 940)]: pluperfect ἐπεποίθειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.171)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἐπεποίθεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.88)]; Epic dialect πεποίθεα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.434, 8.181)]; 1st pers. plural ἐπέπιθμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.341, 4.159: 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus uses)]aorist 2 participle πιθών ={πιθόμενος}, [Refs (“P.” 3.28, reduplicate πεπιθών “I.” 4(3).72.)]
III as if from πῐθέω, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has future πῐθήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.369)] (obey): aorist participle πῐθήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.398)] (trust),[Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 359, 671, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.109, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 618 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 735)]; reduplicate aorist subjunctive πεπῐθήσω transitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.223)]:—also Aeolic dialect πίθημι, participle πίθεις [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 9.4.)]
A active, prevail upon, persuade, usually by fair means, τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.345, etc.)]; πεπιθεῖν φρένας Αἰακίδαο[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 184; σοὶ δὲ φρένας ἄφρονι πεῖθε 16.842; τοῦ θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἔπειθον 9.587, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.258, 23.337; Ἕκτορι θυμὸν ἔπειθε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.78)]: with accusative person et infinitive, persuade one to..,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 223, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 724, etc.)]; π. τινὰς ὥστε δοῦναι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.5, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31, etc.)]; ὥστε μὴ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 901)]; later ἵνα.. [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.27.20, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.181a)]; π. τινὰς ὡς χρὴ.., ὡς ἔστι.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 327c, 364b; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν ὁμολογίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.76; κοὐδείς γέ μ᾽ ἂν πείσειεν.. τὸ μὴ ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 68)]; πείθω ἐμαυτόν I persuade myself, am persuaded, believe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.70, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 453b, etc.; also π. τι ὠφέλιμον ὄν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.17: frequently in)]participle, πείσας by persuasion, by fair means, opposed to ἐν δόλῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 102, compare 612)]; opposed to βίᾳ, [Refs (“Tragica Adespota” 402)]; πόλιν πείσας having obtained the city's consent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1298; δᾶμον πείσαις λόγῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.16)]; μὴ πείσας unless by leave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 844e; οὐ πείσαντες τὸν δῆμον 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.41)]; πείθοντες, opposed to βίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.11)]; π. γυναῖκα, opposed to βιάζεσθαι, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 6.1.34)]; πέπεικε, opposed to ἠνάγκακε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hipparchus” 232b (but π. ἀνάγκῃ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 62.16, compare πειθανάγκη))]: with neuter pronoun, persuade one to or of a thing, τοῦτό γε οὐκ ἔπειθε τοὺς Φωκαιέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.163, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1064 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399b, etc.; ἔπειθον οὐδέν᾽ οὐδέν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1212)]; μὴ πεῖθ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ do not attempt to persuade me to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1442)]; also τοιάνδ᾽ ἔπειθε ῥῆσιν addressed them thus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 615.)]
2 prevail on by entreaty, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.219, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.363; τότε κέν μιν ἱλασσάμενοι πεπίθοιμεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.100; ὥς κέν μιν ἀρεσσάμενοι πεπίθωμεν 9.112, compare 181, 386, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 450; Ζηνὸς ἦτορ λιταῖς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.80, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366a, “Ap.” 37d: with double _accusative_, τὸν φόρον ὑποτελῶ Ἀθηναίοισιν, ὃν ἂν πείθω Ἀθηναίους “IG” 12.39.27.)]
II in bad sense, talk over, mislead, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.132, compare 6.360; ἔληθε δόλῳ καὶ ἔπειθεν Ἀχαιούς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.106, compare 14.123; πεπιθοῦσα θυέλλας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.26.)]
II.2 π. τινὰ χρήμασι bribe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.134, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.10)]; π. ἐπὶ μισθῷ μισθῷ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.4, 9.33, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, etc.)] (passive, χρήμασι πεισθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.137): proverbial, δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 272)]; πείθειν τινά alone, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.19, NT.Act.12.20.)]
II.3 offood, tempt, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Xenocrates Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 2.58.84.)]
B passive and middle, to be prevailed on, won over, persuaded, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.201, etc.)]; imperative frequently in Trag., πείθου be persuaded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 520, “El.” 1015, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 440)]; but πιθοῦ comply, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1181, “El.” 1207)]: with infinitive, to be persuaded to do, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 624)]; πείθεσθέ μοι πρύτανιν ἑλέσθαι [Refs (Pl. “Prt.” 338a)]; also πείθεσθαί τινι ὥστε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2)]; ὃ.. ὑμεῖς.. ἥκιστ᾽ ἂν ὀξέως πείθοισθε (i.e. πρᾶξαι) [Refs ([prev. author] 6.34)]; ἑκὼν καὶ πεπεισμένος of one's own free will, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (POxy. ivp 203 (4th c.AD))], etc.; τὰ μὲν παρ᾽ ἡμῶν ἴσθι σοι πεπεισμένα we are won over to you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1170.)]
B.2 πείθεσθαί τινι listen to one, obey him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.79, etc.)]; τοῖς ἐν τέλει βεβῶσι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 67)]; τοῖς ἄρχουσι, τῷ νόμῳ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8, “An.” 7.3.39; μᾶλλον τῷ θεῷ ἢ ὑμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29d: sometimes with double _dative_, ἔπεσι, μύθοισι π. τινί, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.150, 23.157: without _dative_ _person_, ἐπείθετο μύθῳ 1.33, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.177)]; γήραϊ πείθεσθαι yield, succumb to old age, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.645)]; στυγερῇ πειθώμεθα δαιτί let us comply with the custom of eating, sad though the meal be, [Refs ([prev. work] 48; νῦν μὲν πειθώμεθα νυκτὶ μελαίνῃ, of leaving off the labours of the day, 8.502)]; ἀδίκοις ἔργμασι π. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.11, 13.12.)]
B.2.b with adjective neuter, σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαι obey him in all things, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.21)]; ἅ τιν᾽ οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω wherein I think some will not obey, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.289, compare 4.93, 7.48, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.100, etc.; πάντ᾽ ἔγωγε πείσομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 529; πείσομαι δ᾽ ἃ σοὶ δοκεῖ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1180; οὐ.. πείθομαι τὸ δρᾶν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1252; μύθοις.. πεισθεὶς ἀφανῆ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1288 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.3: rarely with Noun in _accusative_, χρήμασι πεισθῆναι [τὴν ἀναχώρησιν] 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.21 (assuming variant).)]
B.3 with genitive, four times in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, πείθεσθαί τινος 1.126, 5.29, 33, 6.12, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 726, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.73; πείσθητί μευ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.66)]; κείνου.. πιθοίατο vulgar form in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.57.)]
B.II πείθεσθαί τινι believe, trust in, πείθεθ᾽ ἑταίρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.45; οἰωνοῖσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.238; τεράεσσι θεῶν καὶ Ζηνὸς ἀρωγῇ 4.408; ἐνυπνίῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.79; λεγομένοισι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.146, etc.)]: with accusative et infinitive, believe that.., οὐ γάρ πω ἐπείθετο ὃν πατέρ᾽ εἶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.192, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, etc.: with _dative_ _person_ et)]infinitive, π. τινὶ μὴ εἶναι χρήματα, ={ὅτι χρήματα οὐκ ἔχει}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.3: with ὡς, οὐ πείσονται ὡς σὺ αὐτὸς οὐκ ἠθέλησας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 44c, compare “R.” 391b: with _neuter_)] adjective or pronoun, τὰ περὶ Αἴγυπτον τοῖσι λέγουσι αὐτὰ π., οὐκ ἐπείθοντο τὰ ἐσαγγελθέντα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.12, 8.81; πείθεσθε τούτῳ ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 592)]; ταῦτ᾽ ἐγώ σοι οὐ πείθομαι I do not take this on your word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 25e, compare “Phdr.” 235b: _absolutely_, ὡς ἐγὼ πείθομαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.34.)]
B.II.b π. τινὰ ὅπως.. to believe of him, that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1251.)]
B.III perfect [Refs (2 πέποιθα)]trust, rely on, with dative person vel of things, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.325, etc.)] (not frequently in early Prose, as αὑτῷ πεποιθέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 248a))]: with dative et infinitive, οὔ πω χερσὶ πέποιθα ἄνδρ᾽ ἀπαμύνασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.71, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.96, etc.: with _dative_, οἷσι.. μαρναμένοισι πέποιθε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.98: later with)]infinitive only, πέποιθα τοῦτ᾽ ἐπισπάσειν κλέος I trust to win this fame, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 769)]; αἰχμήν.. μᾶλλον θεοῦ σέβειν πεποιθώς daring to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 530: once in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, χρήμασι ἐπεποίθεσαν διώσεσθαι 9.88)]: rarely with accusative et infinitive, πέποιθα.. τὸν πυρφόρον ἥξειν κεραυνόν [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 444; εἴ τις πέποιθεν ἑαυτῷ Χριστοῦ εἶναι NT.2Cor.10.7)]; π. εἴς τινας ὅτι.. [NT (NT.Gal.5.10)]; ἐπί τινας ὅτι.. [NT (NT.2Cor.2.3; ἐπὶ χρήμασι NT.Mark.10.24: _absolutely_, ὄφρα πεποίθῃς)] that you may feel confidence, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.524, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.344)]; πεποιθώς in sure confidence, [LXX (LXX.Deu.33.28.)]
B.IV post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]perfect passive πέπεισμαι believe, trust, with dative, νεκροῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 599; ὀνείροις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1190, etc.: with _accusative_ et)]infinitive, συνοίσειν ταῦτα πέπ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.51, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 368a: _absolutely_, νῦν δὲ πέπεισμαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 328e)]; πεπεισμένος ἔκ τινων λογίων persuaded by.., [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 14; πεπείσμεθα περὶ ὑμῶν τὰ κρείττονα NT.Heb.6.9)]. (Cf. Latin fido, fides.)