πίστιν

pistin

faith

from 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:--assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.

G4102

1 Peter 1:21 · Word #18

Lexicon G4102

Lemmaπίστις
Transliterationpístis
Strong'sG4102
In-contextfaith
Literalfaith

Morphology N ACC F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaπίστις
Strong'sG4102

SIBI-P1 G4102-03

trustful-reliance

Rootπίστις (pistis)
Core Meaningstrust, persuasion, conviction, faithfulness, reliability
Semantic Rangetrust, belief, confidence, reliance, faithfulness, fidelity, assurance, the content of belief
Conceptual SignificanceIn the New Testament, πίστις expresses relational trust and loyal reliance upon God and Messiah, not mere intellectual assent. It can denote both the act of trusting and the faithful constancy that flows from such trust, forming a central concept in covenant relationship and salvation theology.
Morphological NotesNoun, accusative, feminine, singular (Gr,N,,,,,AFS,). Denotes a single instance or expression of trust/reliance functioning as the direct object of a verb or object of certain prepositions.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering "trustful-reliance" preserves the core idea of πίστις as active trust arising from persuasion (from πείθω, "to persuade"). As an accusative feminine singular noun, it functions as a direct object in its clause, here represented as a singular abstract quality or act of trusting.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root πίστις (trust, persuasion, conviction, faithfulness, reliability)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G4102-01 pistei by trust

Word Usage (243 occurrences of G4102)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 8:10 πίστιν pistin
Matthew 9:2 πίστιν pistin
Matthew 9:22 πίστις pistis