Strong G4102G4102Hπίστις
faith: faithfulness
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 G4102H appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- faith3
First verses
- Matthew 23:23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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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.)]