πίστις

pistis

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

James 2:22 · Word #4

Lexicon G4102

Lemmaπίστις
Transliterationpístis
Strong'sG4102
In-contextfaith
Literalfaith

Morphology N NOM F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaπίστις
Strong'sG4102

SIBI-P1 G4102-04

trusting-faith

Morphological NotesNoun, nominative, feminine, singular (Gr,N,,,,,NFS,). Functions typically as the subject or predicate nominative in a clause.
Rendering Rationaleπίστις derives from πείθω (“to persuade”), carrying the sense of being persuaded and thus trusting reliance. The rendering “trusting-faith” preserves this root idea of persuasion leading to trust. As a nominative feminine singular noun, it is represented as a singular abstract quality suitable for functioning as the subject of a clause.

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Words from Root πίστις (persuasion, trust, reliance, faithfulness, fidelity)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G4102-02 pisteos of 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