Pithanologia πιθανολογία

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Pithanologia
πιθανολογία
Transliterationpithanologia
Strong's numberG4086
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosspersuasive speech
Occurrences1 in 1 verse

Pithanologia (Greek πιθανολογία, Strong's G4086) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “persuasive speech”. It occurs 1 time in 1 verse of the New Testament.

Definition

πιθανολογία, -ας, ἡ
(πιθανός, persuasive, plausible),
in cl. (Plat),
the use of probable arguments, as opposite to demonstration (ἀπόδειξις); hence, persuasive speech: Col.2:4 (see ICC, in l).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwords (1)
BSBsmooth rhetoric (1)

Verses

Every verse with Pithanologia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Colossians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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