πίστις pistis

Greek word for “faith” · Strong’s G4102 · used 243 times in 227 verses

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Meaning

πίστις, -εως, ἡ; (πείθω);

Senses in the lexicon

• faith (240)
• faith: faithfulness (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for pistis in context, with how often each is used:

• faith 227
• faith? 4
• faithfulness 3
• faith! 2
• his faith 2
• guarantee 1
• faith is 1
• faith — 1
• fidelity 1
• our faith 1

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Hebrews 11 (23), Galatians 3 (13), Romans 4 (9), James 2 (9), Romans 3 (8), 1 Thessalonians 3 (5), 1 Timothy 1 (5), Romans 1 (4), 1 Timothy 6 (4), 1 Peter 1 (4)

Forms

• πίστεως 93
• πίστιν 55
• πίστει 40
• πίστις 36
• Πίστει 18
• πίστεώς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pistis more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 24
• δικαιοσύνη dikaiosunē “righteousness” 18
• ἔργον ergon “work” 17
• ἐπαγγελία epangelia “promise” 12
• νόμος nomos “law” 15
• δικαιόω dikaioō “to justify” 10
• σῴζω sōzō “to save” 12
• ὑπομονή hupomonē “perseverance” 9
• περί peri “about” 15
• χάρις charis “grace” 12
• Ἀβραάμ Abraam “Abraham” 10
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 15

Key verses

The verses using pistis that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance…
• Romans 5:1 — Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
• Galatians 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13 — But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through…
• 1 Timothy 4:1 — Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• Hebrews 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Hebrews 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the…
• James 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• 1 Peter 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.