2001 Translation

PISTEI, pistei

Sounds Like: PIS-tei

Translations: (by) faith, (in) faith, (with) faith, (to) faith, (by) trust, (in) trust, (with) trust, (to) trust, (by) belief, (in) belief, (with) belief, (to) belief

From the root: ΠΙΣΤΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is a noun meaning 'faith,' 'trust,' or 'belief.' It refers to a firm conviction or reliance on something or someone. In Koine Greek, it is often used to describe spiritual faith, particularly in God or Christ. As a dative case, it indicates the means, instrument, or recipient of an action, often translated with prepositions like 'by,' 'in,' 'with,' or 'to.'

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4102 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 6:17, 11:8

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:21

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 3:4, 42:5, 60:4

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 32:4
• Acts of the Apostles — 14:22
• Colossians — 2:7
• 1 Timothy — 1:4
• 2 Timothy — 1:13
• Hebrews — 11:5, 11:7, 11:27

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 0:1, 1:1, 13:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 3:1, 20:1, 20:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 8:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 1:1, 6:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 7 — 5:107
• Book 10 — 7:125
• Book 14 — 13:346
• Book 17 — 9:246, 9:247, 10:284, 12:327
• Book 18 — 6:156, 9:328, 9:334
• Book 19 — 4:247

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 8:52
• Book Six — 6:15

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 11:5, 13:1, 44:2, 53:6

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 9:34, 11:46, 11:61, 22:104, 64:333, 65:346

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:2, 9:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Kings — 12:15, 22:7
• 1 Chronicles — 9:22, 9:26, 9:31
• 2 Chronicles — 31:12, 31:15, 31:18, 34:12
• Esther — 3:13
• 3 Maccabees — 6:25
• Psalms — 32:4
• Psalms of Solomon — 17:45
• Sirach — 41:16, 45:4, 46:15, 49:10
• Jeremiah — 35:9, 39:41
• Hosea — 2:20

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 5 — 2:1
• Mandate 9 — 1:6, 1:12
• Mandate 11 — 1:4
• Mandate 12 — 4:5, 5:4, 6:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 6 — 3:6
• Parable 8 — 9:1
• Parable 9 — 16:5, 23:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 1 — 3:4
• Vision 3 — 5:4, 5:5, 12:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 3:16, 6:7, 14:22, 15:9, 16:5, 26:18
• Romans — 3:28, 4:19, 4:20, 5:2, 11:20, 14:1
• 1 Corinthians — 16:13
• 2 Corinthians — 1:24, 8:7, 13:5
• Galatians — 2:20
• Philippians — 1:27, 3:9
• Colossians — 1:23, 2:7
• 2 Thessalonians — 2:13
• 1 Timothy — 1:2, 1:4, 2:7, 2:15, 3:13, 4:12
• 2 Timothy — 1:13, 3:10
• Titus — 1:13, 2:2, 3:15
• Hebrews — 4:2, 11:3, 11:4, 11:5, 11:7, 11:8, 11:9, 11:11, 11:17, 11:20, 11:21, 11:22, 11:23, 11:24, 11:27, 11:28, 11:29, 11:30, 11:31
• James — 1:6, 2:5
• 1 Peter — 5:9
• 2 Peter — 1:5
• Jude — 1:3, 1:20

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 16:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΙΣΤΙΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΕΙΣΤΙ — to faith, to trust, to belief, to faithfulness, to conviction
• ΠΙΠΣΤΕΩΣ — (of) faith, (of) trust, (of) belief, (of) conviction
• ΠΙΣΤΕ — of faith, of trust, of belief, of faithfulness, of conviction
• ΠΙΣΤΕΙΣ — faith, belief, trust, faithfulness, a faith, a belief
• ΠΙΣΤΕΣΙ — (to) faith, (to) belief, (to) trust, (to) faithfulness, (to) conviction
• ΠΙΣΤΕΣΙΝ — to faith, to trust, to belief, to faithfulness, to conviction
• ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ — of faith, of belief, of trust, of conviction
• ΠΙΣΤΗ — faith, a faith, belief, a belief, trust, a trust, faithfulness
• ΠΙΣΤΙ — faith, belief, trust, faithfulness, a faith, a belief, a trust
• ΠΙΣΤΙΝ — faith, a faith, belief, a belief, trust, a trust, faithfulness, a faithfulness, conviction, a conviction
• ΠΙΣΤΙΣ — faith, belief, trust, a faith, a belief, a trust, faithfulness, conviction
• ΠΙΣΤΙΣΙΝ — to faith, to belief, to trust, to faithfulness
• ΠΙΤΕΩΣ — of faith, of belief, of trust, faith, belief, trust, a faith, a belief, a trust
• ΠΙΤΙΝ — faith, a faith, belief, trust, conviction, faithfulness, fidelity
• ΠΥΣΤΕΙ — faith, belief, trust, conviction, faithfulness, a faith
• ΠΥΣΤΕΩΣ — of faith, of trust, of belief, faith, trust, belief

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