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The New Testament Greek Lexicon

 Strong's Number:  4102 encodedOriginalWord
Original WordWord Origin
 πίστις  from (3982)
Transliterated WordPhonetic Spelling
 pistis pis'-tis
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Parts of SpeechTDNT
 Noun Feminine 6:174,849
 Definition
 
  1. conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it
    1. relating to God
      1. the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ
    2. relating to Christ
      1. a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God
    3. the religious beliefs of Christians
    4. belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same
  2. fidelity, faithfulness
    1. the character of one who can be relied on
 Translated Words
 KJV (244) - assurance, 1; belief, 1; believe + (1537), 1; faith, 239; fidelity, 1; them that believe, 1;

NAS (243) - faith, 238; faithfulness, 3; pledge, 1; proof, 1;

 Verse Count
KJVNAS
 
Matthew8
Mark5
Luke11
Acts15
Romans35
1 Corinthians7
2 Corinthians6
Galatians20
Ephesians8
Philippians4
Colossians5
1 Thessalonians8
2 Thessalonians5
1 Timothy18
2 Timothy8
Titus6
Philemon2
Hebrews31
James12
1 Peter5
2 Peter2
1 John1
Jude2
Revelation4
 
Matthew8
Mark5
Luke11
Acts14
Romans35
1 Corinthians7
2 Corinthians6
Galatians20
Ephesians8
Philippians4
Colossians5
1 Thessalonians8
2 Thessalonians5
1 Timothy18
2 Timothy8
Titus6
Philemon2
Hebrews31
James12
1 Peter5
2 Peter2
1 John1
Jude2
Revelation4
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Abbreviations Legend:
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

Copyright Statement
The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/.

Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Pistis". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".
<http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4102>.  

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