πίστις
“faith, belief, trust”
Primary meaning: faith, belief, trust, confidence. Strong's: persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself. Lexical nuances: in active sense, faith , belief , trust , confidence , in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mt 8:10 , Lk 5:20 , Ac 14:9 , Ro 1:8 , I Co 2:5 , II Co 1:24 , I Ti 1:5 , al.; c. gen. obj., Mk 11:22 , Ac 3:16 , Ro 3:22 , Ga 2:16 , Eph 3:12 , Ja 2:1 , al.; c. prep., ἐν , Ro 3:25 , Ga 3:26 , Eph 1:15 , Col 1:24 , I Ti 1:14 3:13 , II Ti 1:13 3:15 , II Pe 1:1 ; εἰς , Ac ...
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
from G3982 (πείθω);
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: אֱמוּנָה (faithfulness, steadfastness, fidelity) -> πίστις (faith, belief, trust)
LXX conceptual translation: אֱמֶת (truth, faithfulness, firmness) -> πίστις (faith, belief, trust)
LXX conceptual translation: אֱמוּנָה (faithfulness, steadfastness, fidelity) -> πίστις (faith, belief, trust)
Key Biblical Occurrences (8)
Foundational passages where πίστις (pistis) carries significant theological or narrative weight.