πίστιςpístis
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
Greek (New Testament) · G4102
Meanings
1. in active sense, faith, belief, trust, confidence, in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Matthew 8:10, Luke 5:20, Acts 14:9, Romans 1:8, 1 Corinthians 2:5, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Timothy 1:5, and elsewhere; with genitive object, Mark 11:22, Acts 3:16, Romans 3:22, Galatians 2:16, Ephesians 3:12, James 2:1, and elsewhere; with preposition, ἐν, Romans 3:25, Galatians 3:26, Ephesians 1:15, Colossians 1:24, 1 Timothy 1:14, 1 Timothy 3:13, 2 Timothy 1:13, 2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:1; εἰς, Acts 20:21, Acts 24:24, Acts 26:18, Colossians 2:5, 1 Peter 1:21; πρός, 1 Thessalonians 1:8, Philemon 1:5; ἐπί, with accusative, Hebrews 6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1 Corinthians 16:13, 1 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Timothy 2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Romans 1:5, Romans 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Romans 3:26, Romans 4:16, Galatians 3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Romans 3:30, Galatians 2:16, Philippians 3:9. By by metonymy, objectively, that which is the object or content of belief, the faith: Acts 6:7, Acts 14:22, Galatians 1:23, Galatians 3:23, Galatians 6:10, Philippians 1:25, Philippians 1:27, Jude 1:3, Jude 1:20, and perhaps also Acts 13:8, Acts 16:5, Romans 1:5 and Romans 16:26 (see above), 1 Corinthians 16:13, Colossians 1:23, 2 Thessalonians 3:2, 1 Timothy 1:19, 1 Timothy 3:9, 1 Timothy 4:1, 1 Timothy 4:6, 1 Timothy 5:8, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:12, 2 Timothy 3:8, 2 Timothy 4:7, Titus 1:4, Titus 1:13, Titus 3:15, 1 Peter 5:9.
2. In passive sense
(a) fidelity, faithfulness: Matthew 23:23, Galatians 5:22; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Romans 3:3
(b) objectively, plighted faith, a pledge of fidelity: 1 Timothy 5:12. (On the various shades of meaning in which the word is used in NT, see especially ICC on Romans 1:17, pp. 31 ff.; Lft., Ga., 154 ff.; Stevens, Th. NT, 422, 515 ff.; DB, i, 830 ff.; Cremer, under that word)
Same root
- πείθωpeíthō · G3982to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty)
- πιστικόςpistikós · G4101trustworthy, i.e. genuine (unadulterated)
- πιστεύωpisteúō · G4100to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
- ὀλιγόπιστοςoligópistos · G3640incredulous, i.e. lacking confidence (in Christ)
Where it appears
Appears 242 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to those who were following him, he said, “I tell you the truth, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!
- Matthew 9:2 Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.”
- Matthew 9:22 Jesus turned around, and when he saw her he said, “Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
- Matthew 9:29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “Because of your faith, it will happen.”
- Matthew 15:28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.
- Matthew 17:20 “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”
See every passage
- Matthew 8:10, 9:2, 9:22, 9:29, 15:28, 17:20, 21:21, 23:23
- Mark 2:5, 4:40, 5:34, 10:52, 11:22
- Luke 5:20, 7:9, 7:50, 8:25, 8:48, 17:5, 17:6, 17:19, 18:8, 18:42, 22:32
- Acts 3:16, 6:5, 6:7, 11:24, 13:8, 14:9, 14:22, 14:27, 15:9, 16:5, 17:31, 20:21, 24:24, 26:18
- Romans 1:5, 1:8, 1:12, 1:17, 3:3, 3:22, 3:25, 3:26, 3:27, 3:28, 3:30, 3:31, 4:5, 4:9, 4:11, 4:12, 4:13, 4:14, 4:16, 4:19, 4:20, 5:1, 5:2, 9:30, 9:32, 10:6, 10:8, 10:17, 11:20, 12:3, 12:6, 14:1, 14:22, 14:23
- 1 Corinthians 2:5, 12:9, 13:2, 13:13, 15:14, 15:17, 16:13
- 2 Corinthians 1:24, 4:13, 5:7, 8:7, 10:15, 13:5
- Galatians 1:23, 2:16, 2:20, 3:2, 3:5, 3:7, 3:8, 3:9, 3:11, 3:12, 3:14, 3:22, 3:23, 3:24, 3:25, 3:26, 5:5, 5:6, 5:22, 6:10
- Ephesians 1:15, 2:8, 3:12, 3:17, 4:5, 4:13, 6:16, 6:23
- Philippians 1:25, 1:27, 2:17, 3:9
- Colossians 1:4, 1:23, 2:5, 2:7, 2:12
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1:8, 3:2, 3:5, 3:6, 3:7, 3:10, 5:8
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 1:4, 1:11, 2:13, 3:2
- 1 Timothy 1:2, 1:4, 1:5, 1:14, 1:19, 2:7, 2:15, 3:9, 3:13, 4:1, 4:6, 4:12, 5:8, 5:12, 6:10, 6:11, 6:12, 6:21
- 2 Timothy 1:5, 1:13, 2:18, 2:22, 3:8, 3:10, 3:15, 4:7
- Titus 1:1, 1:4, 1:13, 2:2, 2:10, 3:15
- Philemon 1:5, 1:6
- Hebrews 4:2, 6:1, 6:12, 10:22, 10:38, 10:39, 11:1, 11:3, 11:4, 11:5, 11:6, 11:7, 11:8, 11:9, 11:11, 11:13, 11:17, 11:20, 11:21, 11:22, 11:23, 11:24, 11:27, 11:28, 11:29, 11:30, 11:31, 11:33, 11:39, 12:2, 13:7
- James 1:3, 1:6, 2:1, 2:5, 2:14, 2:17, 2:18, 2:20, 2:22, 2:24, 2:26, 5:15
- 1 Peter 1:5, 1:7, 1:9, 1:21, 5:9
- 2 Peter 1:1, 1:5
- 1 John 5:4
- Jude 1:3, 1:20
- Revelation 2:13, 2:19, 13:10, 14:12
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.