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Persuasion

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πεισμονή

(Strong's #3988 — Noun Feminine — peismone — pice-mon-ay' )

akin to peitho, is used in Galatians 5:8 , where the meaning is "this influence that has won you over, or that seems likely to do so;" the use of peitho, in the sense of "to obey," in ver. 7, suggests a play upon words here.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Persuasion'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/persuasion.html. 1940.
 
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