Strong's #4102: pistis (pronounced pis'-tis)
from 3982; 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:--assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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pistis
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
1a) relating to God
1a1) the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ
1b) relating to Christ
1b1) a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God
1c) the religious beliefs of Christians
1d) belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same
2) fidelity, faithfulness
2a) the character of one who can be relied on
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from G3982
Citing in TDNT: 6:174, 849
Usage:
This word is used 244 times:
1 Timothy 1:14: "Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in"
1 Timothy 1:19: "Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away"
1 Timothy 1:19: "some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:"
1 Timothy 2:7: "not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity."
1 Timothy 2:15: "if they continue in faith and charity and holiness"
1 Timothy 3:9: "the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience."
1 Timothy 3:13: "great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus."
1 Timothy 4:1: "some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and"
1 Timothy 4:6: "of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good"
1 Timothy 4:12: "in spirit, in faith, in purity."
1 Timothy 5:8: "especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse"
1 Timothy 5:12: "because they have cast off their first faith."
1 Timothy 6:10: "they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many"
1 Timothy 6:11: "follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."
1 Timothy 6:12: "the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto"
1 Timothy 6:21: "have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen."
2 Timothy 1:5: "to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which"
2 Timothy 1:13: "of me, in faith and love which is in"
2 Timothy 2:18: "and overthrow the faith of some."
2 Timothy 2:22: "but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on"
2 Timothy 3:8: "minds, reprobate concerning the faith."
2 Timothy 3:10: "doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,"
2 Timothy 3:15: "to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ"
2 Timothy 4:7: "my course, I have kept the faith:"
Titus 1:1: "of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging"
Titus 1:4: "son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from"
Titus 1:13: "sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;"
Titus 2:2: "grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience."
Titus 2:10: "showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine"
Titus 3:15: "them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all."
Philemon 1:5: "of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the"
Philemon 1:6: "the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging"
Hebrews 4:2: "profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard"
Hebrews 6:1: "dead works, and of faith toward God,"
Hebrews 6:12: "but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the"
Hebrews 10:22: "heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil"
Hebrews 10:38: "just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my"
Hebrews 10:39: "unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul."
Hebrews 11:1: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not"
Hebrews 11:3: " Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen"
Hebrews 11:4: " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,"
Hebrews 11:5: " By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not"
Hebrews 11:6: "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God"
Hebrews 11:7: " By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared"
Hebrews 11:7: "became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
Hebrews 11:8: " By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after"
Hebrews 11:9: " By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,"
Hebrews 11:11: " Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive"
Hebrews 11:13: "all died in faith, not having received the promises,"
Hebrews 11:17: " By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the"
