Strong G4103πιστός
faithful
- Transliteration
- pistos
- Pronunciation
- pis-tos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective OR Greek Adverb
Definition
From G3982; objectively trustworthy; subjectively trustful: - believe (-ing -r) faithful (-ly) sure true.
Detailed definition
πιστός, -ή, -όν
(πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אָמַן;]
I. Pass., to be trusted or believed;
1. of persons, trusty, faithful : Mat.24:45 25:21, 23 Luk.12:42, Act.16:15, 1Co.4:2 4:17 7:25, Eph.1:1 6:21, Col.1:2, 7 4:7, 9, 1Ti.1:12, 2Ti.2:2, Heb.2:17 3:2, 5, 1Pe.5:12, Rev.2:13 19:11; of God, 1Co.1:9 10:13, 2Co.1:18, 1Th.5:24, 2Th.3:3, Heb.10:23 11:11, 2Ti.2:13, 1Jn.1:9, 1Pe.4:19; before ἐν, Luk.16:10-12 19:17, 1Ti.3:11; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.25:23; ἄχρι θανάτου, Rev.2:10; ὁ μάρτυς ὁ π., Rev.1:5; id. καὶ ἀληθινός, Rev.3:14.
2. Of things, trustworthy, reliable, sure: Act.13:34, 1Ti.1:15 3:1 4:9, 2Ti.2:11, Tit.1:9 3:8, Rev.21:5 22:6.
II. Act., believing, trusting, relying: Act.16:1, 2Co.6:15, Gal.3:9, 1Ti.4:10 5:16 6:2, Tit.1:6, Rev.17:14; pl., Act.10:45, 1Ti.4:3 4:12; opposite to ἄπιστος, Jhn.20:27; π. εἰς θεόν, 1Pe.1:21; π. ποιεῖν, III Jn 5.
(On the difficulty of choosing in some cases between the active and the passive meaning, see Lft., Gal., 157.) †
(AS)
(πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אָמַן;]
I. Pass., to be trusted or believed;
1. of persons, trusty, faithful : Mat.24:45 25:21, 23 Luk.12:42, Act.16:15, 1Co.4:2 4:17 7:25, Eph.1:1 6:21, Col.1:2, 7 4:7, 9, 1Ti.1:12, 2Ti.2:2, Heb.2:17 3:2, 5, 1Pe.5:12, Rev.2:13 19:11; of God, 1Co.1:9 10:13, 2Co.1:18, 1Th.5:24, 2Th.3:3, Heb.10:23 11:11, 2Ti.2:13, 1Jn.1:9, 1Pe.4:19; before ἐν, Luk.16:10-12 19:17, 1Ti.3:11; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.25:23; ἄχρι θανάτου, Rev.2:10; ὁ μάρτυς ὁ π., Rev.1:5; id. καὶ ἀληθινός, Rev.3:14.
2. Of things, trustworthy, reliable, sure: Act.13:34, 1Ti.1:15 3:1 4:9, 2Ti.2:11, Tit.1:9 3:8, Rev.21:5 22:6.
II. Act., believing, trusting, relying: Act.16:1, 2Co.6:15, Gal.3:9, 1Ti.4:10 5:16 6:2, Tit.1:6, Rev.17:14; pl., Act.10:45, 1Ti.4:3 4:12; opposite to ἄπιστος, Jhn.20:27; π. εἰς θεόν, 1Pe.1:21; π. ποιεῖν, III Jn 5.
(On the difficulty of choosing in some cases between the active and the passive meaning, see Lft., Gal., 157.) †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4103 appears in 62 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- faithful49
- believe6
- believeth2
- true2
- be1
- believer1
- faithfully1
- man1
- sure1
- woman1
First verses
- Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
- Matthew 25:21His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Matthew 25:23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Luke 12:42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
- Luke 16:10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
- Luke 16:11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- Luke 16:12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
- Luke 19:17And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
- John 20:27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
- Acts 10:45And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
- Acts 16:1Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
- Acts 16:15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
- 1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 4:2Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
- 1 Corinthians 4:17For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
- 1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
- 2 Corinthians 1:18But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
- 2 Corinthians 6:15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πιστός, ή, όν,
(πείθω):
B passive, to be trusted or believed:
B.I of persons, faithful, trusty, ἑταῖρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.331, etc.; φύλακες 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 735; μάρτυρες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.88; Ζηνὶ π. ἄγγελος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 969, etc.)]: comparative -ότερος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.38)]: superlative πιστότατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 27: with _dative_, - ότατος δέ οἱ ἔσκε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.147; ὁ π. ἡμῖν κἀγαθὸς καλούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 541, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 153 (_anapaest meter_), etc.: with _genitive_, τοῦ Φαλάνθου πιστόν τινα)] a trusted friend of P., Ergias cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.36o f; π. πρὸς τὰ συμβόλαια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283a33)]; οἱ πιστοί, in Persia, trusty councillors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.15, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108 (_superlative_))]; τάδε Περσῶν πιστὰ καλεῖται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 2 (_anapaest meter_); so πιστὰ πιστῶν, ={πιστότατοι}, [prev. work] 681, compare 528, 979.)]
B.I.2 trustworthy, worthy of credit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.5 (_comparative_), 5.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.43)]. adverb, - τῶς καὶ ἀδόλως [Refs (“IG” 12.90.14,17.)]
B.I.3 genuine, π. Ἀταλάντης γόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1322)]; Θηρικλέους π. τέκνον, of a cup, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 32.1)]; unmistakable, νόσοι πονηραὶ καὶ π. [LXX (LXX.Deu.28.59.)]
B.II of things, trustworthy, sure, ὅρκια π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.269, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 11(10).6, etc.)]; τέκμαρ τῶνδε, τεκμήρια, μαντεῖα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 272, 352, “Th.” 66; τοῖσι Ἕλλησι ὡς πιστὰ δὴ τὰ λεγόμενα ἦν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.83; ἔσται πιστὰ καὶ ἄδολα καὶ ἁπλᾶ ἅπαντα τὰ ἀπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων Ῥηγίνοις “IG” 12.51.11)]; οὐκέτι πιστὰ γυναιξίν no longer can one trust women, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.456; βροτῶν δὲ π. οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 667.3)]; οὐκ ἔχοντες τὴν ἐλπίδα.. πιστὴν ἔτι no longer having such hope as could be relied on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.14)]; ὑπόληψις ἡ πιστοτάτη, of knowledge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 131a23.)]
B.II.2 deserving belief, credible, π. καὶ οἰκότα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82, compare 8.80; π. ὑπόθεσις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b; τοῦτο π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 276a14)]; πιθανὸν καὶ π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1356b28; [λόγος] ἀποδεικτικὸς καὶ π. [prev. work] 1377b23.)]
B.III πιστόν, τό, as substantive, pledge, security, warrant, τὸ π. τῆς ἀληθείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 398, etc.; τὸ π. τῆς ἐπιστήμης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.72 (but τὸ π. τῆς καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς πολιτείας)] its honesty, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.68))]; τὸ π. ἔχοντες.. κἂν περιγενέσθαι feeling confidence that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.141: frequently in _plural_, τὰ πιστὰ ποιέεσθαι,πίστιν ποιεῖσθαι, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8)]; πιστὰ θεῶν, of oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.7)]; ἐδώκαμεν καὶ ἐλάβομεν πιστά we gave and received pledges, with future infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “An.” 3.2.5, compare 4.8.7, etc.; πιστὰ ἠξίου γενέσθαι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.4.3; τὰ πίστ᾽ ἐδειξάτην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 651; στέργειν τὰ π. τῶνδε [prev. author] “Eu.” 673; τὰ π. ἐμαυτῷ τοῦ θράσους παρέξομαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 268.)]
B active, believing, relying on, τινι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 283, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 917, “Pers.” 55 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1031)]; trustful, τῆς ἐλευθερίας τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 824; τινὶ τὸ π. νέμειν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.39.)]
B.2 obedient, loyal, τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων χώραν οἰκείαν καὶ π. ποιήσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.30.)]
B.3 faithful, believing, [NT (NT.Acts.16.1, “IG” 3.3435.)]
C adverb πιστῶς with good faith, μὴ π. καταμαρτυρηθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7)]; loyally, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.26)]: comparative -οτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 22.17.)]
C.2 persuasively, in comparative, πιστότερον ἢ ἀληθέστερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4)]; credibly, demonstrably, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 983e)]; unmistakably, κριθῆναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.857.)]
C.3 with disposition to believe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.49)]: comparative, πιστότερον πρὸς ἐκείνους ἢ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς διακείμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.15.)]
(πείθω):
B passive, to be trusted or believed:
B.I of persons, faithful, trusty, ἑταῖρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.331, etc.; φύλακες 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 735; μάρτυρες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.88; Ζηνὶ π. ἄγγελος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 969, etc.)]: comparative -ότερος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.108, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.38)]: superlative πιστότατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 27: with _dative_, - ότατος δέ οἱ ἔσκε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.147; ὁ π. ἡμῖν κἀγαθὸς καλούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 541, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 153 (_anapaest meter_), etc.: with _genitive_, τοῦ Φαλάνθου πιστόν τινα)] a trusted friend of P., Ergias cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.36o f; π. πρὸς τὰ συμβόλαια 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283a33)]; οἱ πιστοί, in Persia, trusty councillors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.15, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.108 (_superlative_))]; τάδε Περσῶν πιστὰ καλεῖται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 2 (_anapaest meter_); so πιστὰ πιστῶν, ={πιστότατοι}, [prev. work] 681, compare 528, 979.)]
B.I.2 trustworthy, worthy of credit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.5 (_comparative_), 5.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.43)]. adverb, - τῶς καὶ ἀδόλως [Refs (“IG” 12.90.14,17.)]
B.I.3 genuine, π. Ἀταλάντης γόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1322)]; Θηρικλέους π. τέκνον, of a cup, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 32.1)]; unmistakable, νόσοι πονηραὶ καὶ π. [LXX (LXX.Deu.28.59.)]
B.II of things, trustworthy, sure, ὅρκια π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.269, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 11(10).6, etc.)]; τέκμαρ τῶνδε, τεκμήρια, μαντεῖα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 272, 352, “Th.” 66; τοῖσι Ἕλλησι ὡς πιστὰ δὴ τὰ λεγόμενα ἦν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.83; ἔσται πιστὰ καὶ ἄδολα καὶ ἁπλᾶ ἅπαντα τὰ ἀπ᾽ Ἀθηναίων Ῥηγίνοις “IG” 12.51.11)]; οὐκέτι πιστὰ γυναιξίν no longer can one trust women, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.456; βροτῶν δὲ π. οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 667.3)]; οὐκ ἔχοντες τὴν ἐλπίδα.. πιστὴν ἔτι no longer having such hope as could be relied on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.14)]; ὑπόληψις ἡ πιστοτάτη, of knowledge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 131a23.)]
B.II.2 deserving belief, credible, π. καὶ οἰκότα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.82, compare 8.80; π. ὑπόθεσις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b; τοῦτο π. ἐκ τῆς ἐπαγωγῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 276a14)]; πιθανὸν καὶ π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1356b28; [λόγος] ἀποδεικτικὸς καὶ π. [prev. work] 1377b23.)]
B.III πιστόν, τό, as substantive, pledge, security, warrant, τὸ π. τῆς ἀληθείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 398, etc.; τὸ π. τῆς ἐπιστήμης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.72 (but τὸ π. τῆς καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς πολιτείας)] its honesty, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.68))]; τὸ π. ἔχοντες.. κἂν περιγενέσθαι feeling confidence that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.141: frequently in _plural_, τὰ πιστὰ ποιέεσθαι,πίστιν ποιεῖσθαι, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.8)]; πιστὰ θεῶν, of oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.7)]; ἐδώκαμεν καὶ ἐλάβομεν πιστά we gave and received pledges, with future infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “An.” 3.2.5, compare 4.8.7, etc.; πιστὰ ἠξίου γενέσθαι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.4.3; τὰ πίστ᾽ ἐδειξάτην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 651; στέργειν τὰ π. τῶνδε [prev. author] “Eu.” 673; τὰ π. ἐμαυτῷ τοῦ θράσους παρέξομαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 268.)]
B active, believing, relying on, τινι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 283, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 917, “Pers.” 55 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1031)]; trustful, τῆς ἐλευθερίας τὸ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 824; τινὶ τὸ π. νέμειν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.39.)]
B.2 obedient, loyal, τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων χώραν οἰκείαν καὶ π. ποιήσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.30.)]
B.3 faithful, believing, [NT (NT.Acts.16.1, “IG” 3.3435.)]
C adverb πιστῶς with good faith, μὴ π. καταμαρτυρηθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7)]; loyally, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.26)]: comparative -οτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 22.17.)]
C.2 persuasively, in comparative, πιστότερον ἢ ἀληθέστερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4)]; credibly, demonstrably, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 983e)]; unmistakably, κριθῆναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.857.)]
C.3 with disposition to believe, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.49)]: comparative, πιστότερον πρὸς ἐκείνους ἢ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς διακείμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.15.)]