ΜΕΤΑΠΕΙΣΕΙΝ, μεταπεισειν
METAPEISEIN, metapeisein
Sounds Like: meh-tah-PAY-seen
Translations: to persuade otherwise, to change one's mind, to dissuade
From the root: ΜΕΤΑΠΕΙΘΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb ΜΕΤΑΠΕΙΘΩ. It is a compound word formed from μετά (meta), meaning 'with' or 'after' (implying change), and πείθω (peitho), meaning 'to persuade'. Therefore, it means to persuade someone to change their mind or to dissuade them from a previous course of action or belief. It describes the act of altering someone's conviction through persuasion.
Inflection: Infinitive, Aorist, Active
Strong’s number: G3343 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 5:9
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 45:231
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΠΕΙΘΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΤΑΠΕΙΘΕΙΝ — to persuade, to change one's mind, to win over, to convince, to prevail upon
- ΜΕΤΑΠΕΙΘΕΤΑΙ — is persuaded, is convinced, changes one's mind, is won over
- ΜΕΤΑΠΕΙΘΩ — to change one's mind, to persuade to change, to convince to change, to alter one's opinion
- ΜΕΤΑΠΕΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be persuaded, to be convinced, to change one's mind, to be won over
- ΜΕΤΕΠΕΙΣΕΝ — to change one's mind, to persuade to change one's mind, to convince, to prevail upon
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