Lexical Definition

‎πίστις‎ pístis (pis'-tis) faith G:N-F
from ‎πείθω‎

assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.

Usage: 5 forms in 240 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
πίστισ faith Matt.9.22 • Matt.15.28 • Mark.5.34 • Mark.10.52 • Luke.7.50 • Luke.8.25 • Luke.8.48 • Luke.17.19 • Luke.18.42 • Luke.22.32 • Acts.3.16 • Rom.1.8 • Rom.4.5 • Rom.4.9 • Rom.4.14 • Rom.10.17 • 1Cor.2.5 • 1Cor.12.9 • 1Cor.13.13 • 1Cor.15.14 • 1Cor.15.17 • Gal.5.6 • Eph.4.5 • 1Thess.1.8 • 2Thess.1.3 • 2Thess.3.2 • Heb.11.1 • Jas.2.14 • Jas.2.17 • Jas.2.20 • Jas.2.22 • Jas.2.22 • Jas.2.26 • 1John.5.4 • Rev.13.10
πίστιν a faith 2Pet.1.1
a guarantee Acts.17.31
faith Matt.8.10 • Matt.9.2 • Matt.9.29 • Matt.17.20 • Matt.21.21 • Mark.2.5 • Mark.4.40 • Mark.11.22 • Luke.5.20 • Luke.7.9 • Luke.17.5 • Luke.17.6 • Luke.18.8 • Acts.14.9 • Acts.20.21 • Rom.1.17 • Rom.14.22 • 1Cor.13.2 • Gal.1.23 • Gal.3.23 • Gal.3.23 • Eph.1.15 • Col.1.4 • 1Thess.3.5 • 1Thess.3.6 • 1Tim.1.19 • 1Tim.1.19 • 1Tim.5.8 • 1Tim.5.12 • 1Tim.6.11 • 1Tim.6.21 • 2Tim.2.18 • 2Tim.2.22 • 2Tim.3.8 • 2Tim.4.7 • Titus.1.1 • Titus.1.4 • Phlm.1.5 • Heb.11.7 • Heb.11.13 • Heb.13.7 • Jas.2.1 • Jas.2.14 • Jas.2.18 • Jas.2.18 • Jas.2.18 • 1Pet.1.21 • Rev.2.13 • Rev.2.19 • Rev.14.12
fidelity Titus.2.10
πίστεώσ faith Phlm.1.6
πίστεωσ a faith 1Tim.1.5
faith Acts.13.8 • Acts.24.24 • Rom.1.12 • Rom.1.17 • Rom.1.17 • Rom.3.22 • Rom.3.25 • Rom.3.26 • Rom.3.30 • Rom.3.30 • Rom.3.31 • Rom.4.11 • Rom.4.12 • Rom.4.16 • Rom.4.16 • Rom.5.1 • Rom.9.30 • Rom.9.32 • Rom.10.6 • Rom.12.6 • Rom.14.23 • Rom.14.23 • 2Cor.1.24 • 2Cor.5.7 • 2Cor.10.15 • Gal.2.16 • Gal.2.16 • Gal.3.7 • Gal.3.8 • Gal.3.9 • Gal.3.11 • Gal.3.12 • Gal.3.14 • Gal.3.22 • Gal.3.24 • Gal.3.25 • Gal.3.26 • Gal.5.5 • Eph.2.8 • Eph.3.12 • Eph.3.17 • Eph.4.13 • Eph.6.23 • Phil.1.25 • Phil.2.17 • Phil.3.9 • Col.2.5 • Col.2.12 • 1Thess.3.2 • 1Thess.3.7 • 1Thess.3.10 • 2Thess.1.4 • 1Tim.1.14 • 1Tim.3.9 • 1Tim.4.1 • 1Tim.4.6 • 1Tim.6.10 • 1Tim.6.12 • 2Tim.1.5 • 2Tim.3.15 • Heb.6.1 • Heb.6.12 • Heb.10.38 • Heb.11.6 • Heb.11.33 • Heb.11.39 • Jas.1.3 • Jas.2.24 • 1Pet.1.5 • 1Pet.1.7 • 1Pet.1.9
of faith Acts.6.5 • Acts.11.24 • Acts.14.27 • Rom.1.5 • Rom.3.27 • Rom.4.13 • Rom.10.8 • Rom.12.3 • Rom.16.26 • 2Cor.4.13 • Gal.3.2 • Gal.3.5 • Gal.6.10 • Eph.6.16 • 1Thess.1.3 • 1Thess.5.8 • 2Thess.1.11 • Heb.10.22 • Heb.10.39 • Heb.12.2 • Jas.5.15
πίστει by faith Acts.26.18 • Rom.3.28 • Rom.5.2 • Rom.11.20 • Heb.11.3 • Heb.11.4 • Heb.11.5 • Heb.11.7 • Heb.11.8 • Heb.11.9 • Heb.11.11 • Heb.11.17 • Heb.11.20 • Heb.11.21 • Heb.11.22 • Heb.11.23 • Heb.11.24 • Heb.11.27 • Heb.11.28 • Heb.11.29 • Heb.11.30 • Heb.11.31
faith Acts.3.16 • Acts.6.7 • Acts.14.22 • Acts.15.9 • Acts.16.5 • Rom.4.19 • Rom.14.1 • 1Cor.16.13 • 2Cor.1.24 • 2Cor.13.5 • Gal.2.20 • Phil.1.27 • Phil.3.9 • Col.2.7 • 2Thess.2.13 • 1Tim.1.2 • 1Tim.1.4 • 1Tim.2.7 • 1Tim.2.15 • 1Tim.3.13 • 1Tim.4.12 • 2Tim.1.13 • 2Tim.3.10 • Titus.1.13 • Titus.3.15 • Heb.4.2 • Jas.1.6 • Jas.2.5 • 1Pet.5.9 • 2Pet.1.5 • Jude.1.3 • Jude.1.20
in faith Rom.4.20 • 2Cor.8.7 • Titus.2.2
in the faith Col.1.23

Abbott-Smith

πίστις, -εως, ἡ (< πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמוּנָה;]
1. in active sense, faith, belief, trust, confidence, in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mt 8:10, Lk 5:20, Ac 14:9, Ro 1:8, I Co 2:5, II Co 1:24, I Ti 1:5, al.; c. gen. obj., Mk 11:22, Ac 3:16, Ro 3:22, Ga 2:16, Eph 3:12, Ja 2:1, al.; c. prep., ἐν, Ro 3:25, Ga 3:26, Eph 1:15, Col 1:24, I Ti 1:14 3:13, II Ti 1:13 3:15, II Pe 1:1; εἰς, Ac 20:21 24:24 26:18, Col 2:5, I Pe 1:21; πρός, I Th 1:8, Phm 5; ἐπί, c. acc., He 6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν (εἶναι, μένειν), I Co 16:13, I Co 13:5, I Ti 2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Ro 1:5 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Ro 3:26 4:16, Ga 3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Ro 3:30, Ga 2:16, Phl 3:9. By meton., objectively, that which is the object or content of belief, the faith: Ac 6:7 14:22, Ga 1:23 3:23 6:10, Phl 1:25, 27, Ju 3, 20, and perh. also Ac 13:8 16:5, Ro 1:5 and 16:26 (v. supr.), I Co 16:13, Col 1:23, II Th 3:2 (Lft., Notes, 125), I Ti 1:19 3:9 4:1, 6 5:8 6:10, 12, II Ti 3:8 4:7, Tit 1:4, 13 3:15, I Pe 5:9.
2. In passive sense,
(a) fidelity, faithfulness: Mt 23:23, Ga 5:22; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Ro 3:3;
(b) objectively, plighted faith, a pledge of fidelity: I Ti 5:12. (On the various shades of meaning in which the word is used in NT, v. esp. ICC on Ro 1:17, pp. 31 ff.; Lft., Ga., 154 ff.; Stevens, Th. NT, 422, 515 ff.; DB, i, 830 ff.; Cremer, s.v.)

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 8:10 · 23:23
Mark 11:22
Luke 5:20
Acts 3:16 · 6:7 · 13:8 · 14:9 · 14:22 · 16:5 · 20:21 · 24:24 · 26:18
Romans 1:5 · 1:8 · 1:17 · 3:3 · 3:22 · 3:25 · 3:26 · 3:30 · 4:16 · 16:26
1 Corinthians 2:5 · 13:5 · 16:13
2 Corinthians 1:24
Galatians 1:23 · 2:16 · 3:12 · 3:23 · 3:26 · 5:22 · 6:10
Ephesians 1:15 · 3:12
Philippians 1:25 · 1:27 · 3:9
Colossians 1:23 · 1:24 · 2:5
1 Thessalonians 1:8
2 Thessalonians 3:2
1 Timothy 1:5 · 1:14 · 1:19 · 2:15 · 3:9 · 3:13 · 4:1 · 4:6 · 5:8 · 5:12 · 6:10 · 6:12
2 Timothy 1:13 · 3:8 · 3:15 · 4:7
Titus 1:4 · 1:13 · 3:15
Philemon 1:5
Hebrews 6:1
James 2:1
1 Peter 1:21 · 5:9
2 Peter 1:1
Jude 1:3 · 1:20

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πίστις, ἡ,

genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative πίστει, Ionic dialect πίστῑ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πείθομαι):—trust in others, faith, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, persuasion of a thing, confidence, assurance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ βεβαιοτάτη π., ἀταραξία καὶ π. βέβαιος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σωφροσύνης π. ἔχειν περί τινος to be persuaded of his probity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 in subjective sense, good faith, trustworthiness, honesty, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__2.b of things, credence, credit, τὰν π. σμικρὰν παρ᾽ ἔμοιγ᾽ ἔχει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.c καλῇ π., = Latin bona fide, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; αἱ κατὰ πίστιν γεινόμεναι κληρονομίαι, = Latin hereditates fideicommissariae, [Refs]
__3 in a commercial sense, credit, π. τοσούτων χρημάτων ἐστί τινι παρά τισι he has credit for so much money with them, [Refs 4th c.BC+], compare 44; εἰς πίστιν διδόναι [τί τινι] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3.b position of trust or trusteeship, ἐν πίστει κληρονόμος ἀπολειφθείς left in trust, as guardian, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 Theol., faith, opposed to sight and knowledge, [NT]
__II that which gives confidence: hence,
__II.1 assurance, pledge of good faith, guarantee, οὐκ ἀνδρὸς ὅρκοι π. ἀλλ᾽ ὅρκων ἀνήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δός μοι χερὸς σῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πίστιν καὶ ὅρκια ποιέεσθαι make a treaty by exchange of assurances and oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιέεσθαι τὰς πίστῑς (Ionic dialect for πίστεις) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πίστιν δοῦναι to give assurances, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔδοσαν πίστιν καὶ ἔλαβον interchanged them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πρός τινας δοῦναι with infinitive, [Refs]; πίστι τε λαβεῖν (or καταλαβεῖν) καὶ ὁρκίοισί τινα bind by assurances and oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πίστιν ἐπιθεῖναι or προσθεῖναι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. an assurance against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 means of persuasion, argument, proof, φρὴν παρ᾽ ἡμέων (i.e. τῶν αἰσθήσεων) λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of proofs used by orators, [Refs 5th c.BC+], opposed to a demonstrative proof (ἀπόδειξις), π. ἔντεχνοι, ἄτεχνοι, [Refs]; ἡ τῶν λόγων π. (compare λόγος[Refs]
__III that which is entrusted, a trust, πίστιν ἐγχειρίζειν τινί [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; σὴ π. given in trust to thee, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV political protection or suzerainty, Latin fides, Αἰτωλοὶ.. δόντες αὑτοὺς εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων π... τῷ τῆς π. ὀνόματι πλανηθέντες [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV.2 in Egypt, safe-conduct, safeguard, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__V [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for ten, [Refs]
__VI personified, = Latin [Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. δημοσία, = Fides publica, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.13.13