Quick Definition
πεποίθησις, εως, ἡ n.f. confidence, trust
Strong's Definition
from the perfect of the alternate of 3958; reliance
KJV Usage: confidence, trust
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | πείθω
31.82 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Trust, Rely
to rely on, to trust in, to depend on, to have (complete) confidence in, confidence, trust to believe in something or someone to the extent of placing reliance or trust in or on In a number of languages trust or reliance is expressed idiomatically, for example, ‘to lean one’s weight on’ or ‘to hang upon’ or ‘to place oneself in the hands of.’
2CO 1:15 · 2CO 3:4 · 2CO 8:22 · 2CO 10:2 · EPH 3:12 · PHP 3:4
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πεποίθησις, -ews, 7, (πείθω, 2 pf. πέποιθαγ. trust, confi{From Pind., {From dence [R. V.], reliance: 2Co. i. 15; iii. 4; x. 2; Eph. iii 12; εἴς τινα, 2 Co. viii. 22; ἔν τινι, Phil. iii. 4. (Philode nobilit. § 7; Joseph. antt.1, 3,1; 3, 2,2; 10,1,4; [11], 7,1; Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 2, 3]; Zosim., Sext. Emp., al.; Sept. once for 1/3, 2 Κα. xviii. 19.) The word is condemned by the Atticists; οἵ. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 295.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πεποίθησις pepoithēsis 6x
trust, confidence, reliance, 2 Cor. 1:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† πεποίθησις, -εως, ἡ
(< πείθω), [in LXX: IV Ki 18:19 (בִּטָּחוֹן)*;]
confidence: II Co 1:15 3:4 10:2, Eph 3:12; seq. εἰς, II Co 8:22; ἐν, Phl 3:4 (the word is condemned by the Atticists, v. Rutherford, NPhr., 355).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πεποίθησις (pepoithēsis) — confidence. πεποίθ-ησις, εως, ἡ, trust, confidence, boldness, [LXX+1st c.BC+]: in plural, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
