Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives. 2. (v. t.) To try to influence. 3. (v. t.) To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe. 4. (v. t.) To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend. 5. (v. i.) To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. 6. (n.) Persuasion. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PERSUADE; PERSUASION per-swad', per-swazhun: (1) In the older English "persuade" need not mean "convince" (although this is its usual sense in the King James Version: Matthew 27:20, etc.), but may mean only "attempt to convince," "argue with." This is well brought out in Acts 26:28, where the Greek is literally "In little thou `persuadest' peitheis to make me a Christian." the King James Version took peitheis as "convince" ("almost thou persuadest me...."), but this is impossible, and so the Revised Version (British and American) rendered peitheis by "thou wouldest fain." To keep something of the language of the King James Version, "persuasion" was supplied after "little," but it should have been italicized, for it is merely conjectural, as the American Revised Version margin recognizes by giving "time" as an alternative for "persuasion." The text of the passage, however, is suspected. See ALMOST. Similarly in Acts 13:43, the Revised Version (British and American) replaces "persuade" by "urge," and the same change should have been made also in 2 Kings 18:32 and its parallels. (2) The "popular persuasions" of 1 Esdras 5:73 are "efforts to persuade the people" (uncertain text, however). Acts 19:8 the King James Version writes "persuading the things" (the Revised Version (British and American) "as to the things") for "present the things persuasively." And in Galatians 1:10 (the English Revised Version and the King James Version, not in the American Standard Revised Version) and 2 Corinthians 5:11, there is a half-ironic force in the word: Paul's enemies have accused him of using unworthy persuasion in making his conversions. Burton Scott Easton

Multi-Version Concordance Persuade (20 Occurrences) Matthew 27:20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Matthew 28:14 If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT) Acts 18:4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Acts 18:13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law." (Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS) Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. (Root in KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Acts 28:23 and having appointed him a day, they came, more of them unto him, to the lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying fully the reign of God, persuading them also of the things concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and the prophets, from morning till evening, (See NAS) 2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. (KJV WBS YLT) Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things. (Root in WEB ASV DBY) 1 John 3:19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, (WEB DBY) Judges 19:3 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. (See NIV) 2 Samuel 3:35 All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down." (See NAS RSV) 1 Kings 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. (KJV WBS) 1 Kings 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. (KJV WBS) 1 Kings 22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. (KJV WBS) 2 Kings 18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, "Yahweh will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." (See NIV) 2 Chronicles 32:11 Doesn't Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Yahweh our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS) 2 Chronicles 32:15 Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT) Isaiah 36:15 And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria. (See NIV) Isaiah 36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, "Yahweh will deliver us." Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)