πίστις

pístis · Greek · Strong's G4102 · 243 occurrences

The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “believe”

What it means

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

from G3982 (πείθω);

How the KJV renders it

assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“believe”

also renders peíthō (G3982), pisteúō (G4100), ʼâman (H539), ʼăman (H540)

“assurance”

also renders plērophoría (G4136), ʼâman (H539)

“faith”

also renders elpís (G1680), ʼêmûwn (H529)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

243 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 2:5 · N-NSF

that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 12:9 · N-NSF

to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,

1 Corinthians 13:2 · N-ASF

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:13 · N-NSF

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 15:14 · N-NSF

If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:17 · N-NSF

If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

1 Corinthians 16:13 N-DSF1 John 5:4 N-NSF1 Peter 1:5 N-GSF1 Peter 1:7 N-GSF1 Peter 1:9 N-GSF1 Peter 1:21 N-ASF1 Peter 5:9 N-DSF1 Thessalonians 1:3 N-GSF1 Thessalonians 1:8 N-NSF1 Thessalonians 3:2 N-GSF1 Thessalonians 3:5 N-ASF1 Thessalonians 3:6 N-ASF1 Thessalonians 3:7 N-GSF1 Thessalonians 3:10 N-GSF1 Thessalonians 5:8 N-GSF1 Timothy 1:2 N-DSF1 Timothy 1:4 N-DSF1 Timothy 1:5 N-GSF1 Timothy 1:14 N-GSF1 Timothy 1:19 N-ASF1 Timothy 2:7 N-DSF1 Timothy 2:15 N-DSF1 Timothy 3:9 N-GSF1 Timothy 3:13 N-DSF1 Timothy 4:1 N-GSF1 Timothy 4:6 N-GSF1 Timothy 4:12 N-DSF1 Timothy 5:8 N-ASF1 Timothy 5:12 N-ASF1 Timothy 6:10 N-GSF1 Timothy 6:11 N-ASF1 Timothy 6:12 N-GSF1 Timothy 6:21 N-ASF2 Corinthians 1:24 N-DSF2 Corinthians 4:13 N-GSF2 Corinthians 5:7 N-GSF2 Corinthians 8:7 N-DSF2 Corinthians 10:15 N-GSF2 Corinthians 13:5 N-DSF2 Peter 1:1 N-ASF2 Peter 1:5 N-DSF2 Thessalonians 1:3 N-NSF2 Thessalonians 1:4 N-GSF2 Thessalonians 1:11 N-GSF2 Thessalonians 2:13 N-DSF2 Thessalonians 3:2 N-NSF2 Timothy 1:5 N-GSF2 Timothy 1:13 N-DSF2 Timothy 2:18 N-ASF2 Timothy 2:22 N-ASF2 Timothy 3:8 N-ASF2 Timothy 3:10 N-DSF2 Timothy 3:15 N-GSF2 Timothy 4:7 N-ASF

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.