2001 Translation

PISTIN, pistin

Sounds Like: PIS-tin

Translations: faith, a faith, belief, a belief, trust, a trust, faithfulness, a faithfulness, conviction, a conviction

From the root: ΠΙΣΤΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to faith, belief, or trust. It can describe a deep conviction in something or someone, or the act of being faithful and trustworthy. It is often used in a religious context to denote belief in God or Christ, but can also refer to loyalty or trustworthiness in general relationships.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4102 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 8:15, 10:24, 10:26

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 1:2, 10:7, 12:1, 55:6, 64:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 10:27, 10:37, 14:35
• 4 Maccabees — 15:24
• Proverbs — 12:17, 14:22
• Sirach — 15:15, 27:16, 37:26
• Jeremiah — 5:1, 5:3, 15:18
• Matthew — 8:10, 9:2, 9:29, 17:20, 21:21, 23:23
• Mark — 2:5, 11:22
• Luke — 7:9, 17:5, 17:6, 18:8
• Acts of the Apostles — 14:9, 20:21
• Romans — 1:17, 3:3, 14:22
• 1 Corinthians — 13:2
• Galatians — 1:23, 3:23
• Ephesians — 1:15
• Colossians — 1:4
• 1 Thessalonians — 3:5
• 1 Timothy — 1:19, 5:8, 5:12, 6:11, 6:21
• 2 Timothy — 2:18, 2:22
• Titus — 1:1
• Philemon — 1:5
• Hebrews — 11:7, 11:13, 13:7
• James — 2:1, 2:14, 2:18
• 2 Peter — 1:1
• Revelation — 2:13, 2:19, 14:12
• Shepherd of Hermas — 14:5

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 1:1, 14:1, 14:2, 16:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 4:43, 12:134, 17:170, 31:218
• Book Two — 4:43, 12:134, 17:170, 31:218

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:321
• Book 2 — 3:37, 4:57, 5:61, 5:66, 9:218, 12:272, 13:283
• Book 4 — 6:135, 6:136
• Book 6 — 5:69, 12:245
• Book 7 — 1:23, 9:212, 10:235
• Book 9 — 7:145, 7:153
• Book 10 — 11:230, 11:268
• Book 11 — 6:217, 6:249
• Book 12 — 1:8, 2:47, 3:147, 3:150, 10:396
• Book 13 — 2:45, 2:48, 6:207
• Book 14 — 10:186, 10:192
• Book 15 — 3:69, 6:201, 7:260, 10:368
• Book 16 — 2:21, 4:111, 4:117, 7:188, 8:246, 11:390, 11:400
• Book 17 — 5:104, 6:179, 9:246, 12:327
• Book 18 — 9:326, 9:337
• Book 19 — 1:16, 1:135, 5:289
• Book 20 — 3:62, 4:77, 8:161

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 25:4, 25:6, 25:19, 25:27
• Book Two — 2:8, 8:5, 13:12, 16:9, 18:12, 21:2, 21:55
• Book Three — 7:203, 8:65
• Book Four — 5:33, 8:46
• Book Five — 3:24, 7:30, 9:27, 11:8, 13:20
• Book Seven — 1:3

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 10:1, 13:1, 52:1, 53:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 23:4, 24:2, 69:1, 92:3, 100:5, 110:3, 119:5, 121:2

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 5:22, 8:30, 9:39, 10:43, 17:93, 56:293, 65:349, 66:370

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 10:1

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 3:2, 4:3, 13:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Samuel — 26:23
• Nehemiah — 9:38
• 1 Maccabees — 10:27, 10:37, 14:35
• 3 Maccabees — 3:3, 5:31
• 4 Maccabees — 15:24, 16:22
• Proverbs — 12:17, 14:22
• Sirach — 15:15, 22:23, 27:16, 37:26
• Jeremiah — 5:1, 5:3, 15:18, 40:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 5 — 2:3
• Mandate 6 — 1:1
• Mandate 9 — 1:7, 1:10
• Mandate 11 — 1:9
• Mandate 12 — 3:1

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 6:5
• Vision 4 — 1:8, 2:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 8:10, 9:2, 9:29, 17:20, 21:21, 23:23
• Mark — 2:5, 4:40, 11:22
• Luke — 5:20, 7:9, 17:5, 17:6, 18:8
• Acts — 14:9, 17:31, 20:21
• Romans — 1:17, 3:3, 14:22
• 1 Corinthians — 13:2
• Galatians — 1:23, 3:23
• Ephesians — 1:15
• Colossians — 1:4
• 1 Thessalonians — 3:5, 3:6
• 1 Timothy — 1:19, 5:8, 5:12, 6:11, 6:21
• 2 Timothy — 2:18, 2:22, 3:8, 4:7
• Titus — 1:1, 1:4, 2:10
• Philemon — 1:5
• Hebrews — 11:7, 11:13, 13:7
• James — 2:1, 2:14, 2:18
• 1 Peter — 1:21
• 2 Peter — 1:1
• Revelation — 2:13, 2:19, 14:12

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
• ΠΙΣΤΕΙ — (by) faith, (in) faith, (with) faith, (to) faith, (by) trust, (in) trust, (with) trust, (to) trust, (by) belief, (in) belief, (with) belief, (to) belief
• 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
• 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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