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G4006 πεποίθησις (pepoíthēsis)
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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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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+]

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