πίστις
pístis
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
Lexicon
Derivation: from G3982 (πείθω);
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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity
Usage
243 occurrences · 0 OT · 243 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- faith139 · 57%
- the faith31 · 13%
- of faith25 · 10%
- by faith21 · 9%
- in the faith5 · 2%
- of the faith3 · 1%
- in faith3 · 1%
- through faith3 · 1%
- to the faith2 · 1%
- for the faith2 · 1%
- assurance1 · 0%
- which believeth1 · 0%
- of that faith1 · 0%
- thing, in faith1 · 0%
- after that faith1 · 0%
- belief1 · 0%
- fidelity1 · 0%
- with faith1 · 0%
- of them that believe1 · 0%
- of our faith1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.