εὐπειθής
eupeithḗs · G2138 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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one who is easily persuaded, open to reason
Pertaining to being easily persuaded, with the implication of being open to reason or willing to listen
ExamplesJames 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- πραΰς praÿs · G4239 · mild, gentle, meek
- πρᾷος ('gentle, meek') shares a semantic field with εὐπειθής ('compliant, easily persuaded') as both describe a disposition of non-resistance and openness, though πρᾷος emphasizes temperament and εὐπειθής emphasizes responsiveness to persuasion.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- One who is easily persuaded, open to reason33.305
- In James 3:17, the wisdom from above is described as “first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits,” using this word for being open to reason and easily persuaded toward what is right.
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐυπειθες (εὖ, and πείθομαι to comply with, obey), easily obeying, compliant (A. V. easy…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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