Strong G4102G4102Gπίστις
faith
One of the 2 senses of Strong G4102
- Transliteration
- pistis
- Pronunciation
- pis'-tis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3982; persuasion that is 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: - assurance belief believe faith fidelity.
Detailed definition
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: Mat.8:10, Luk.5:20, Act.14:9, Rom.1:8, 1Co.2:5, 2Co.1:24, 1Ti.1:5, al.; with genitive obj., Mrk.11:22, Act.3:16, Rom.3:22, Gal.2:16, Eph.3:12, Jas.2:1, al.; with prep., ἐν, Rom.3:25, Gal.3:26, Eph.1:15, Col.1:24, 1Ti.1:14 3:13, 2Ti.1:13 3:15, 2Pe.1:1; εἰς, Act.20:21 24:24 26:18, Col.2:5, 1Pe.1:21; πρός, 1Th.1:8, Phm 5; ἐπί, with accusative Heb.6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1Co.16:13, 1Co.13:5, 1Ti.2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Rom.1:5 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Rom.3:26 4:16, Gal.3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Rom.3:30, Gal.2:16, Php.3:9. By meton., objectively, that which is the object or content of belief, the faith: Act.6:7 14:22, Gal.1:23 3:23 6:10, Php.1:26, 27 Ju 3, 20, and perh. also Act.13:8 16:5, Rom.1:5 and 16:26 (see supr.), 1Co.16:13, Col.1:23, 2Th.3:2 (Lft., Notes, 125), 1Ti.1:19 3:9 4:1, 6 5:8 6:10, 12, 2Ti.3:8 4:7 Tit.1:4, 13 3:15, 1Pe.5:9.
2. In passive sense,
__(a) fidelity, faithfulness: Mat.23:23, Gal.5:22; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom.3:3;
__(b) objectively, plighted faith, a pledge of fidelity: 1Ti.5:12. (On the various shades of meaning in which the word is used in NT, see esp. ICC on Rom.1:17, pp. 31ff.; Lft., Ga., 154ff.; Stevens, Th. NT, 422, 515ff.; DB, i, 830ff.; Cremer, see word)
(AS)
(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: Mat.8:10, Luk.5:20, Act.14:9, Rom.1:8, 1Co.2:5, 2Co.1:24, 1Ti.1:5, al.; with genitive obj., Mrk.11:22, Act.3:16, Rom.3:22, Gal.2:16, Eph.3:12, Jas.2:1, al.; with prep., ἐν, Rom.3:25, Gal.3:26, Eph.1:15, Col.1:24, 1Ti.1:14 3:13, 2Ti.1:13 3:15, 2Pe.1:1; εἰς, Act.20:21 24:24 26:18, Col.2:5, 1Pe.1:21; πρός, 1Th.1:8, Phm 5; ἐπί, with accusative Heb.6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1Co.16:13, 1Co.13:5, 1Ti.2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Rom.1:5 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Rom.3:26 4:16, Gal.3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Rom.3:30, Gal.2:16, Php.3:9. By meton., objectively, that which is the object or content of belief, the faith: Act.6:7 14:22, Gal.1:23 3:23 6:10, Php.1:26, 27 Ju 3, 20, and perh. also Act.13:8 16:5, Rom.1:5 and 16:26 (see supr.), 1Co.16:13, Col.1:23, 2Th.3:2 (Lft., Notes, 125), 1Ti.1:19 3:9 4:1, 6 5:8 6:10, 12, 2Ti.3:8 4:7 Tit.1:4, 13 3:15, 1Pe.5:9.
2. In passive sense,
__(a) fidelity, faithfulness: Mat.23:23, Gal.5:22; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom.3:3;
__(b) objectively, plighted faith, a pledge of fidelity: 1Ti.5:12. (On the various shades of meaning in which the word is used in NT, see esp. ICC on Rom.1:17, pp. 31ff.; Lft., Ga., 154ff.; Stevens, Th. NT, 422, 515ff.; DB, i, 830ff.; Cremer, see word)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4102G appears in 223 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- faith218
- assurance1
- belief1
- believe1
- believeth1
- fidelity1
First verses
- Matthew 8:10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
- Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Matthew 9:22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
- Matthew 9:29Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
- Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
- Matthew 21:21Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
- Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
- Mark 4:40And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
- Mark 5:34And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
- Mark 10:52And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
- Mark 11:22And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
- Luke 5:20And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
- Luke 7:9When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
- Luke 7:50And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
- Luke 8:25And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
- Luke 8:48And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
- Luke 17:5And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
- Luke 17:6And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
- Luke 17:19And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πίστις, ἡ,
genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.12, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 114)]; dative πίστει, Ionic dialect πίστῑ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74, 9.106: _Ionic dialect_ _nominative_ and _accusative_ _plural_ πίστῑς variant in [prev. author] 3.8; _dative_ πίστισι [prev. author] 4.172)]: (πείθομαι):—trust in others, faith, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, πίστιες καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας “Op.” 372; πίστει χρήματ᾽ ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δ᾽ ἐσάωσα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 831; π. ἴσχειν τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 950; τῷ θεῷ πίστιν φέροις [prev. author] “OT” 1445, etc.)]: generally, persuasion of a thing, confidence, assurance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.44 (πιστόν Scholia), etc.)]; ἡ βεβαιοτάτη π., ἀταραξία καὶ π. βέβαιος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.19, 2p.36U.)]; σωφροσύνης π. ἔχειν περί τινος to be persuaded of his probity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.215; π. περὶ θεῶν ἔχειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1101c.)]
2 in subjective sense, good faith, trustworthiness, honesty, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1137, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 443, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.105; θνῄσκει δὲ π., βλαστάνει δ᾽ ἀπιστία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 611.)]
2.b of things, credence, credit, τὰν π. σμικρὰν παρ᾽ ἔμοιγ᾽ ἔχει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 737 (Lyric poetry); πίστιν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχει τινά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179a17; π. λαβεῖν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.35.4.)]
2.c καλῇ π., = Latin bona fide, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PGnom. 180 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; αἱ κατὰ πίστιν γεινόμεναι κληρονομίαι, = Latin hereditates fideicommissariae, [Refs ([prev. work]56.)]
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+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.57)], compare 44; εἰς πίστιν διδόναι [τί τινι] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 32.16; εἰ ἕξω ἐλπίδα πίστεως 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” 68p.6H.)]
3.b position of trust or trusteeship, ἐν πίστει κληρονόμος ἀπολειφθείς left in trust, as guardian, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 41, compare 2c above; ἐν πίστει ὤν τῷ βασιλεῖ “IG” 22.646.11.)]
4 Theol., faith, opposed to sight and knowledge, [NT (NT.1Cor.13.13, etc.)]
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+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 394, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 887, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1055; ὅρκοις καὶ πίστεσιν ἀναγκάξειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.25: distinguished from ὅρκοι and δεξιαί, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1375a10, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 22; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 813)]; δός μοι χερὸς σῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 1632; ὅρκους παρασχών, πίστιν οὐ σμικράν, θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1037, compare “Med.” 414 (Lyric poetry))]; πίστιν καὶ ὅρκια ποιέεσθαι make a treaty by exchange of assurances and oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.92, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.107; οἷσιν.. οὔτε π. ὄθ᾽ ὅρκος μένει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 308)]; ποιέεσθαι τὰς πίστῑς (Ionic dialect for πίστεις) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8; πίστεις ποιήσασθαι πρός τινας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.51; ἀλλήλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.12)]; πίστιν δοῦναι to give assurances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.91, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86, 5.45; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1185)]; ἔδοσαν πίστιν καὶ ἔλαβον interchanged them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.44; πίστεις ἀλλήλοιν δεδωκέναι τε καὶ δεδέχθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256d; π. παρά τινος λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.9)]; π. πρός τινας δοῦναι with infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 19.32)]; πίστι τε λαβεῖν (or καταλαβεῖν) καὶ ὁρκίοισί τινα bind by assurances and oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74, 9.106; θεῶν πίστεις ὀμόσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.30)]; πίστιν ἐπιθεῖναι or προσθεῖναι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.26, 49.42, 54.42: with _genitive_ objecti, φόβων π)]. an assurance against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 627 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 means of persuasion, argument, proof, φρὴν παρ᾽ ἡμέων (i.e. τῶν αἰσθήσεων) λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 125; τοὺς δεομένους πίστεως αἰσθήσει κεκραμένης 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.7.15)]; especially of proofs used by orators, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.84, 6.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 70b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.8, etc.: in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)], opposed to a demonstrative proof (ἀπόδειξις), π. ἔντεχνοι, ἄτεχνοι, [Refs (“Rh.” 1355b35, 1375a22: also, generally, π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς “APo.” 90b14, +others; π. ἡ διὰ συλλογισμοῦ “Top.” 103b7)]; ἡ τῶν λόγων π. (compare λόγος[Refs (IV. 1) “Pol.” 1326a29; ὁ ἀναιρῶν ταύτην τὴν π. οὐ πολὺ πιστότερα ἐρεῖ “EN” 1173a1.)]
III that which is entrusted, a trust, πίστιν ἐγχειρίζειν τινί [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.41.2, compare 16.22.2, “IG” 7.21.12 (Megara, 2nd c.BC), 5 (1).26.6 (Amyclae, 2nd-1st c.BC), “BMus.Inscription” 422.7 (Priene, 2nd c.BC))]; σὴ π. given in trust to thee, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IG” 14.2012 A 23 (1st c.AD: Sulpicius Maximus Epicus).)]
IV political protection or suzerainty, Latin fides, Αἰτωλοὶ.. δόντες αὑτοὺς εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων π... τῷ τῆς π. ὀνόματι πλανηθέντες [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 20.9.10, compare 3.30.1; πάντες εἰς τὴν [τῆς συγκλήτου] π. ἐνδεδεμένοι [prev. author] 6.17.8.)]
IV.2 in Egypt, safe-conduct, safeguard, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 119.32 (_plural_, 2nd c.BC); δοῦναί μοι ἔγγραπτον π. [prev. work] 124.30 (2nd c.BC).)]
V [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for ten, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 59, 60.)]
VI personified, = Latin [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Fides”, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 16, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.16, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 45.17)]; π. δημοσία, = Fides publica, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.75.)]
genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.12, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 114)]; dative πίστει, Ionic dialect πίστῑ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74, 9.106: _Ionic dialect_ _nominative_ and _accusative_ _plural_ πίστῑς variant in [prev. author] 3.8; _dative_ πίστισι [prev. author] 4.172)]: (πείθομαι):—trust in others, faith, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, πίστιες καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας “Op.” 372; πίστει χρήματ᾽ ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δ᾽ ἐσάωσα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 831; π. ἴσχειν τινί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 950; τῷ θεῷ πίστιν φέροις [prev. author] “OT” 1445, etc.)]: generally, persuasion of a thing, confidence, assurance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.44 (πιστόν Scholia), etc.)]; ἡ βεβαιοτάτη π., ἀταραξία καὶ π. βέβαιος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.19, 2p.36U.)]; σωφροσύνης π. ἔχειν περί τινος to be persuaded of his probity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.215; π. περὶ θεῶν ἔχειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1101c.)]
2 in subjective sense, good faith, trustworthiness, honesty, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1137, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 443, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.105; θνῄσκει δὲ π., βλαστάνει δ᾽ ἀπιστία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 611.)]
2.b of things, credence, credit, τὰν π. σμικρὰν παρ᾽ ἔμοιγ᾽ ἔχει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 737 (Lyric poetry); πίστιν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχει τινά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179a17; π. λαβεῖν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.35.4.)]
2.c καλῇ π., = Latin bona fide, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PGnom. 180 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; αἱ κατὰ πίστιν γεινόμεναι κληρονομίαι, = Latin hereditates fideicommissariae, [Refs ([prev. work]56.)]
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+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.57)], compare 44; εἰς πίστιν διδόναι [τί τινι] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 32.16; εἰ ἕξω ἐλπίδα πίστεως 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” 68p.6H.)]
3.b position of trust or trusteeship, ἐν πίστει κληρονόμος ἀπολειφθείς left in trust, as guardian, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 41, compare 2c above; ἐν πίστει ὤν τῷ βασιλεῖ “IG” 22.646.11.)]
4 Theol., faith, opposed to sight and knowledge, [NT (NT.1Cor.13.13, etc.)]
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+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 394, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 887, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1055; ὅρκοις καὶ πίστεσιν ἀναγκάξειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.25: distinguished from ὅρκοι and δεξιαί, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1375a10, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 22; ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 813)]; δός μοι χερὸς σῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 1632; ὅρκους παρασχών, πίστιν οὐ σμικράν, θεῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1037, compare “Med.” 414 (Lyric poetry))]; πίστιν καὶ ὅρκια ποιέεσθαι make a treaty by exchange of assurances and oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.92, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.107; οἷσιν.. οὔτε π. ὄθ᾽ ὅρκος μένει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 308)]; ποιέεσθαι τὰς πίστῑς (Ionic dialect for πίστεις) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8; πίστεις ποιήσασθαι πρός τινας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.51; ἀλλήλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.12)]; πίστιν δοῦναι to give assurances, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.91, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86, 5.45; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1185)]; ἔδοσαν πίστιν καὶ ἔλαβον interchanged them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.44; πίστεις ἀλλήλοιν δεδωκέναι τε καὶ δεδέχθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256d; π. παρά τινος λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.9)]; π. πρός τινας δοῦναι with infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] 19.32)]; πίστι τε λαβεῖν (or καταλαβεῖν) καὶ ὁρκίοισί τινα bind by assurances and oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.74, 9.106; θεῶν πίστεις ὀμόσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.30)]; πίστιν ἐπιθεῖναι or προσθεῖναι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.26, 49.42, 54.42: with _genitive_ objecti, φόβων π)]. an assurance against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 627 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 means of persuasion, argument, proof, φρὴν παρ᾽ ἡμέων (i.e. τῶν αἰσθήσεων) λαβοῦσα τὰς πίστεις [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 125; τοὺς δεομένους πίστεως αἰσθήσει κεκραμένης 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.7.15)]; especially of proofs used by orators, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.84, 6.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 70b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.8, etc.: in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)], opposed to a demonstrative proof (ἀπόδειξις), π. ἔντεχνοι, ἄτεχνοι, [Refs (“Rh.” 1355b35, 1375a22: also, generally, π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς “APo.” 90b14, +others; π. ἡ διὰ συλλογισμοῦ “Top.” 103b7)]; ἡ τῶν λόγων π. (compare λόγος[Refs (IV. 1) “Pol.” 1326a29; ὁ ἀναιρῶν ταύτην τὴν π. οὐ πολὺ πιστότερα ἐρεῖ “EN” 1173a1.)]
III that which is entrusted, a trust, πίστιν ἐγχειρίζειν τινί [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.41.2, compare 16.22.2, “IG” 7.21.12 (Megara, 2nd c.BC), 5 (1).26.6 (Amyclae, 2nd-1st c.BC), “BMus.Inscription” 422.7 (Priene, 2nd c.BC))]; σὴ π. given in trust to thee, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IG” 14.2012 A 23 (1st c.AD: Sulpicius Maximus Epicus).)]
IV political protection or suzerainty, Latin fides, Αἰτωλοὶ.. δόντες αὑτοὺς εἰς τὴν Ῥωμαίων π... τῷ τῆς π. ὀνόματι πλανηθέντες [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 20.9.10, compare 3.30.1; πάντες εἰς τὴν [τῆς συγκλήτου] π. ἐνδεδεμένοι [prev. author] 6.17.8.)]
IV.2 in Egypt, safe-conduct, safeguard, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 119.32 (_plural_, 2nd c.BC); δοῦναί μοι ἔγγραπτον π. [prev. work] 124.30 (2nd c.BC).)]
V [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for ten, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 59, 60.)]
VI personified, = Latin [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Fides”, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 16, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.16, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 45.17)]; π. δημοσία, = Fides publica, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.75.)]