Lexicon pepoithésis: confidence Original Word: πεποίθησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pepoithésis Phonetic Spelling: (pep-oy'-thay-sis) Short Definition: confidence, trust Definition: confidence, trust, reliance. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 4006 pepoíthēsis (a feminine noun derived from 3982 /peíthō, "persuade, be persuaded") – properly, persuasion; used of human confidence (deluded self-persuasion in Phil 3:4), but more commonly of Spirit-produced persuasion (2 Cor 3:4; Eph 3:12). See 3982 (peithō). Eph 3:12: "In whom we have confidence (3954 /parrhēsía) and interactive-access in persuasion (4006 /pepoíthēsis) through the (principle) of faith that is given by Him." [4006 (pepoíthēsis) is used of human persuasion (confidence) in Phil 3:4.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom peithóDefinitionconfidence NASB Translationconfidence (5), confident (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4006: πεποίθησιςπεποίθησις, πεποιθησεως, ἡ ( πείθω, 2 perfect πέποιθα), trust, confidence ( R. V.), reliance: 2 Corinthians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 10:2; Ephesians 3:12; εἰς τινα, 2 Corinthians 8:22; ἐν τίνι, Philippians 3:4. ( Philo de nobilit. § 7; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 3, 1; 3, 2, 2; 10, 1, 4; (11, 7, 1; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 2, 3 [ET]); Zosimus ( ), Sextus Empiricus, others; the Sept. once for בִּטָּחון, 2 Kings 18:19.) The word is condemned by the Atticists; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 295.
Strong's confidence, trust. From the perfect of the alternate of pascho; reliance -- confidence, trust. see GREEK pascho |
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