πίστις (pistis) — what can be fully believed / that which is worthy of belief / believable evidence

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: πίστις; -εως

Related lemmas: πιστεύω

Sense 1: what can be fully believed, that which is worthy of belief, believable evidence, proof

Semantic entry: 31.43

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Believe To Be True

Definition: that which is completely believable

Show passage in OET: ACT 17:31

OET-RV ACT 17:31

31 because he’s set a date for when he’s going to be fairly judging the world. He’s already appointed the judge who everyone can have faith in because he brought him back to life from the dead.

OET-LV ACT 17:31

31 as _much _as he _set a_day in which he _is _going to _be _judging the inhabited _world in righteousness, by a_man to _whom he _designated, having _brought _about faith to _all, having _raised_ him _up from the_dead.

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Sense 2: to believe in, to have confidence in, to have faith in, to trust, faith, trust

Semantic entry: 31.85

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Trust, Rely

Definition: to believe to the extent of complete trust and reliance

Notes: In rendering πιστεύω[b] and πίστις[b] it would be wrong to select a term which would mean merely ‘reliance’ or ‘dependency’ or even ‘confidence,’ for there should also be a significant measure of ‘belief,’ since real trust, confidence, and reliance can only be placed in someone who is believed to have the qualities attributed to such a person.

Show passage in OET: MAT 8:10

OET-RV MAT 8:10

10 Yeshua was amazed when he heard that, and said to his followers around him, “I can assure you that I haven’t discovered faith like that from any Israeli.

OET-LV MAT 8:10

10 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) having _heard, marvelled and said to _the ones following:
Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, I _found so _much faith from no _one in the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl).

Show passage in OET: MAT 9:2

OET-RV MAT 9:2

2 Some people there brought a paralysed man to him lying on a stretcher. And when Yeshua saw their faith, he said to the man, “Son, be encouraged. Your sins are forgiven.”

OET-LV MAT 9:2

2 And see, they _were _bringing a_paralytic to _him having _been _laid on a_bed.
And the Yaʸsous having _seen the faith of _them, he _said to _the paralytic:
Be _having _courage, child, the sins of _you are _being _forgiven.

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All 114 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 8:10 · OET MAT 9:2 · OET MAT 9:22 · OET MAT 9:29 · OET MAT 15:28 · OET MAT 17:20 · OET MAT 21:21

MRK: OET MRK 2:5 · OET MRK 4:40 · OET MRK 5:34 · OET MRK 10:52 · OET MRK 11:22

LUK: OET LUK 5:20 · OET LUK 7:9 · OET LUK 7:50 · OET LUK 8:25 · OET LUK 8:48 · OET LUK 17:19 · OET LUK 18:42

ACT: OET ACT 3:16 · OET ACT 14:9 · OET ACT 24:24 · OET ACT 26:18

ROM: OET ROM 1:17 · OET ROM 3:22 · OET ROM 3:25 · OET ROM 4:5 · OET ROM 4:9 · OET ROM 4:11–14 · OET ROM 4:16 · OET ROM 4:19–20 · OET ROM 9:30 · OET ROM 9:32 · OET ROM 12:3 · OET ROM 12:6 · OET ROM 14:22–23

CO1: OET CO1 12:9 · OET CO1 13:2

CO2: OET CO2 4:13 · OET CO2 5:7

GAL: OET GAL 2:16 · OET GAL 2:20

EPH: OET EPH 3:12 · OET EPH 3:17

COL: OET COL 1:4 · OET COL 2:12

TH1: OET TH1 1:3 · OET TH1 1:8 · OET TH1 3:2 · OET TH1 3:5 · OET TH1 3:7 · OET TH1 5:8

TH2: OET TH2 1:4 · OET TH2 1:11 · OET TH2 2:13

TI1: OET TI1 1:4

TI2: OET TI2 1:13 · OET TI2 2:18 · OET TI2 2:22 · OET TI2 3:10

TIT: OET TIT 1:1 · OET TIT 2:10

PHM: OET PHM 1:5–6

HEB: OET HEB 4:2 · OET HEB 6:1 · OET HEB 6:12 · OET HEB 10:22 · OET HEB 10:39 · OET HEB 11:1 · OET HEB 11:3–9 · OET HEB 11:11 · OET HEB 11:13 · OET HEB 11:17 · OET HEB 11:20–24 · OET HEB 11:27–31 · OET HEB 11:33 · OET HEB 11:39 · OET HEB 13:7

JAM: OET JAM 1:3 · OET JAM 1:6 · OET JAM 2:5 · OET JAM 2:14 · OET JAM 2:17–18 · OET JAM 2:20 · OET JAM 2:22 · OET JAM 2:24 · OET JAM 2:26 · OET JAM 5:15

PE1: OET PE1 1:5 · OET PE1 1:7 · OET PE1 1:21

JN1: OET JN1 5:4

REV: OET REV 2:13

Sense 3: trustworthiness, dependability, faithfulness

Semantic entry: 31.88

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Trust, Rely

Definition: the state of being someone in whom complete confidence can be placed

Show passage in OET: MAT 23:23

OET-RV MAT 23:23

23 “You religious teachers and Farisaios are hypocrites and will have a bad end, because you give a tenth of your herbs, but you ignore the weightier parts of God’s commands, like justice, mercy, and faith. It’s good to contribute one tenth, but those other things should also be observed, and not left out.

OET-LV MAT 23:23

23 Woe to _you _all, scribes and Farisaios_party, hypocrites.
Because you _all _are _tithing the mint and the dill and the cummin, and you _all _left the heavier of _the law:
the justice and the mercy and the faith.
But it _was _fitting to _do these things, and _those not to _leave.

Show passage in OET: ROM 3:3

OET-RV ROM 3:3

3 But what if some didn’t believe? Wouldn’t the unbelief of Yehudim make faith that comes from God worthless?

OET-LV ROM 3:3

3 For/Because what if disbelieved some?
Not the unbelief of _them, the faith of_ the _god will _be _nullifying?

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All 12 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 23:23

ROM: OET ROM 3:3

GAL: OET GAL 5:22

TH1: OET TH1 3:2 · OET TH1 3:5

TH2: OET TH2 1:4 · OET TH2 2:13

TI2: OET TI2 1:13 · OET TI2 2:22 · OET TI2 3:10

TIT: OET TIT 2:10

REV: OET REV 2:19

Sense 4: to be a believer, to be a Christian, Christian faith

Semantic entry: 31.102

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Be a Believer, Christian Faith

Definition: to believe in the good news about Jesus Christ and to become a follower

Show passage in OET: LUK 17:5

OET-RV LUK 17:5

5 Then the apprentices requested the master, “Give us more faith.”

OET-LV LUK 17:5

5 And the ambassadors said to _the master:
Add faith to _us.

Show passage in OET: LUK 17:6

OET-RV LUK 17:6

6 “If you all had faith like a small mustard seed,” the master replied, “you would be able to order a mulberry bush, ‘Get out of the ground and plant yourself in the sea,’ and it would obey you all.

OET-LV LUK 17:6

6 And the master said:
If you _all _are _having faith as a_seed of _mustard, you _all_ would _were _saying to_ the _mulberry _tree this:
Be _uprooted and be _planted in the sea, and it_ would _submitted to _you _all.

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All 102 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 17:5–6 · OET LUK 18:8 · OET LUK 22:32

ACT: OET ACT 6:5 · OET ACT 6:7 · OET ACT 11:24 · OET ACT 13:8 · OET ACT 14:22 · OET ACT 14:27 · OET ACT 15:9 · OET ACT 16:5 · OET ACT 20:21

ROM: OET ROM 1:5 · OET ROM 1:8 · OET ROM 1:12 · OET ROM 3:26–28 · OET ROM 3:30–31 · OET ROM 5:1–2 · OET ROM 10:6 · OET ROM 10:8 · OET ROM 10:17 · OET ROM 11:20 · OET ROM 16:26

CO1: OET CO1 2:5 · OET CO1 13:13 · OET CO1 15:14 · OET CO1 15:17 · OET CO1 16:13

CO2: OET CO2 1:24 · OET CO2 8:7 · OET CO2 10:15 · OET CO2 13:5

GAL: OET GAL 3:2 · OET GAL 3:5 · OET GAL 3:7–9 · OET GAL 3:11–12 · OET GAL 3:14 · OET GAL 3:22–26 · OET GAL 5:5–6 · OET GAL 6:10

EPH: OET EPH 1:15 · OET EPH 2:8 · OET EPH 4:5 · OET EPH 4:13 · OET EPH 6:16 · OET EPH 6:23

PHP: OET PHP 1:25 · OET PHP 2:17 · OET PHP 3:9

COL: OET COL 2:5

TH1: OET TH1 1:3 · OET TH1 3:6

TH2: OET TH2 1:3 · OET TH2 3:2

TI1: OET TI1 1:2 · OET TI1 1:5 · OET TI1 1:14 · OET TI1 1:19 · OET TI1 2:15 · OET TI1 3:13 · OET TI1 4:12 · OET TI1 6:11

TI2: OET TI2 1:5 · OET TI2 3:8 · OET TI2 3:15 · OET TI2 4:7

TIT: OET TIT 1:1 · OET TIT 3:15

PHM: OET PHM 1:6

HEB: OET HEB 10:38–39 · OET HEB 12:2

JAM: OET JAM 2:1 · OET JAM 2:5 · OET JAM 2:14 · OET JAM 2:17–18 · OET JAM 2:20 · OET JAM 2:22 · OET JAM 2:24 · OET JAM 2:26

PE1: OET PE1 1:9 · OET PE1 5:9

PE2: OET PE2 1:1 · OET PE2 1:5

JN1: OET JN1 5:4

JDE: OET JDE 1:20

REV: OET REV 13:10 · OET REV 14:12

Sense 5: the faith, beliefs, doctrine

Semantic entry: 31.104

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Be a Believer, Christian Faith

Definition: (semantic derivative of πίστις [source selector 000003][d] ‘to be a believer, Christian faith,’ 31.102: πιστεύω / 31.102: πίστις) the content of what Christians believe

Notes: It is also possible to interpret πίστις in OET JDE 1:3 and OET GAL 1:23 as the act of believing and placing confidence in Jesus Christ (see 31.102: πιστεύω / 31.102: πίστις).

Show passage in OET: ROM 14:1

OET-RV ROM 14:1

14 Accept others who are faltering in their faith, without highlighting their wrong ideas.

OET-LV ROM 14:1