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Lexicon :: Strong's G4103 - pistos

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πιστός
Transliteration
pistos (Key)
Pronunciation
pis-tos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:174,849

Strong’s Definitions

πιστός pistós, pis-tos'; from G3982; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful:—believe(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly), sure, true.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x

The KJV translates Strong's G4103 in the following manner: faithful (53x), believe (6x), believing (2x), true (2x), faithfully (1x), believer (1x), sure (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 67x
The KJV translates Strong's G4103 in the following manner: faithful (53x), believe (6x), believing (2x), true (2x), faithfully (1x), believer (1x), sure (1x), not translated (1x).
  1. trusty, faithful

    1. of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties

    2. one who kept his plighted faith, worthy of trust

    3. that can be relied on

  2. easily persuaded

    1. believing, confiding, trusting

    2. in the NT one who trusts in God's promises

      1. one who is convinced that Jesus has been raised from the dead

      2. one who has become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and author of salvation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πιστός pistós, pis-tos'; from G3982; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful:—believe(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly), sure, true.
STRONGS G4103:
πιστός, πιστή, πιστόν (πείθω (which see)) (from Homer down), the Sept. mostly for נֶאֱמָן;
1. trusty, faithful; of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties: δοῦλος, Matthew 24:45; Matthew 25:21, 23; οἰκονόμος, Luke 12:42; 1 Corinthians 4:2; διάκονος, Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 1:7; Colossians 4:7; ἀρχιερεύς, Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 3:2; of God, abiding by his promises, 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11; 2 Timothy 2:13; 1 John 1:9; 1 Peter 4:19; add, 1 Corinthians 4:17; Colossians 4:9; 1 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 3:5; 1 Peter 5:12; πιστός ἐν τίνι, in a thing, Luke 16:10-12; Luke 19:17; 1 Timothy 3:11; ἐπί τί, Matthew 25:23; ἄχρι θανάτου, Revelation 2:10. one who kept his plighted faith, Revelation 2:13; worthy of trust; that can, be relied on: 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Timothy 2:2: Christ is called μάρτυς πιστός, Revelation 1:5; with καί ἀληθινός, added, Revelation 3:14; (cf. Revelation 19:11). of things, that can be relied on: λόγος, 1 Timothy 3:1; 2 Timothy 2:11; Titus 1:9; (Titus 3:8; οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι, Revelation 21:5; Revelation 22:6); with πάσης ἀποδοχῆς ἄξιος added, 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 4:9; τά ὅσια Δαυις τά πιστά (see ὅσιος, at the end), Acts 13:34.
2. easily persuaded; believing, confiding, trusting (Theognis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato, others); in the N. T. one who trusts in God's promises, Galatians 3:9; is convinced that Jesus has been raised from the dead, opposed to ἄπιστος, John 20:27; one who has become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and the author of salvation (opposed to ἄπιστος, see πιστεύω, 1 b. γ. and πίστις, 1 b.) (a believer): Acts 16:1; 2 Corinthians 6:15; 1 Timothy 5:16; with the addition of τῷ κυρίῳ, dative of the person in whom faith or trust is reposed, Acts 16:15; plural in Colossians 1:2 (where cf. Lightfoot); 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Timothy 6:2; Titus 1:6; Revelation 17:14; οἱ πιστοί, substantively (see Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 157), Acts 10:45; 1 Timothy 4:3, 12; with ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ added (cf. Buttmann, 174 (152)), Ephesians 1:1; εἰς Θεόν κτλ. 1 Peter 1:21 L T Tr text WH; πιστόν ποιεῖν τί, to do something harmonizing with (Christian) faith (R. V. a faithful work), 3 John 1:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
24:45; 25:21; 25:23; 25:23
Luke
12:42; 16:10; 16:11; 16:12; 19:17
John
20:27
Acts
10:45; 13:34; 16:1; 16:15
1 Corinthians
1:9; 4:2; 4:17; 7:25; 10:13
2 Corinthians
1:18; 6:15
Galatians
3:9
Ephesians
1:1; 6:21
Colossians
1:2; 1:7; 4:7; 4:9
1 Thessalonians
5:24
2 Thessalonians
3:3
1 Timothy
1:12; 1:15; 3:1; 3:11; 4:3; 4:9; 4:10; 4:12; 5:16; 6:2
2 Timothy
2:2; 2:11; 2:13
Titus
1:6; 1:9; 3:8
Hebrews
2:17; 3:2; 3:5; 10:23; 11:11
1 Peter
1:21; 4:19; 5:12
1 John
1:9
3 John
1:5
Revelation
1:5; 2:10; 2:13; 3:14; 17:14; 19:11; 21:5; 22:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4103 matches the Greek πιστός (pistos),
which occurs 46 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:7 -

“Not so, with My servant Moses,

He is faithful in all My household;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - “You shall know therefore that Yahweh your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps [fn]His covenant and [fn]His lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then Yahweh will bring wondrous plagues on you and plagues on those who are your seed, even great and enduring plagues, and miserable and enduring sicknesses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 -

“The Rock! His work is [fn]perfect,

For all His ways are [fn]just;

A God of faithfulness and without injustice,

Righteous and upright is He.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:35 - ‘But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him a faithful house, and he will walk before My anointed always.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - So all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 -

Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king’s son-in-law, who [fn]is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - “Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for Yahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you all your days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - Then she spoke, saying, “Formerly they used to speak in this way, saying, ‘They will surely ask advice at Abel,’ and thus they ended the dispute.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 -

Now these are the last words of David.

David the son of Jesse declares,

The man who was raised on high declares,

The anointed of the God of Jacob,

And the sweet psalmist of Israel,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - ‘Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of Yahweh his God, as David his father had done.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8 -

“You found his heart faithful before You,

And cut a covenant with him

To give him the land of the Canaanite,

Of the Hittite and the Amorite,

Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite

To give it to his seed.

And You have established Your promise,

For You are righteous.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted as faithful, and it was [fn]their task to apportion everything to their [fn]relatives.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 -

“He removes speech from the faithful

And takes away the discerning taste of the elders.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:9 -

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,

And he who has clean hands will grow mightier and mightier.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:7 -

The law of Yahweh is [fn]perfect, restoring the soul;

The testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:28 -

“My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,

And My covenant shall be confirmed to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 -

“It shall be established forever like the moon,

And the witness in the sky is faithful.” [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:6 -

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me;

He who walks in the way of the blameless is the one who will minister to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:7 -

Mem

The works of His hands are [fn]truth and justice;

Nun

All His precepts are faithful.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:13 -

Mem

Your kingdom is [fn]an everlasting kingdom,

And Your dominion endures from generation to every generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:12 -

To deliver you from the way of evil,

From the man who speaks perverse things;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:13 -

He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,

But he who is faithful in spirit conceals a matter.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 -

[fn]Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,

But the seed of the righteous will escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:17 -

A wicked messenger falls into evil,

But a faithful envoy brings healing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 -

A faithful witness will not lie,

But a false witness breathes out lies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 -

A truthful witness delivers souls,

But he who breathes out lies is deceitful.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:6 -

[fn]Grandchildren are the crown of old men,

And the beauty of sons is their fathers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 -

Excellent lips are not fitting for a [fn]wicked fool,

Even less are lying lips for a noble man.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 -

Many a man will call out his own lovingkindness,

But a faithful man, who can find?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13 -

Like the cold of snow in the [fn]time of harvest

Is a faithful envoy to those who send him,

For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 -

How the faithful city has become a harlot,

She who was full of justice!

Righteousness once lodged in her,

But now murderers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“Then I will have your judges return as at the first,

And your counselors as at the beginning;

Afterwards you will be called the city of righteousness,

A faithful town.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - “And [fn]I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:23 -

“I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,

And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:25 - “In that day,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “the peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for Yahweh has spoken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 -

He will dwell on the heights,

His refuge will be the strongholds of the cliffs;

His bread will be given him,

His water will be sure.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 -

Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,

To the despised One,

To the One abhorred by the nation,

To the Servant of rulers,

“Kings will see and arise,

Princes will also bow down,

Because of Yahweh who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:3 -

“Incline your ear and come to Me.

Listen, that your soul may live;

And I will cut an everlasting covenant with you,

According to the faithful lovingkindnesses of David.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:5 - And they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with the whole [fn]message with which Yahweh your God will send you to us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - “Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will happen [fn]in the future; so the dream is certain, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then the commissioners and satraps began seeking to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to matters of the kingdom; but they were not able to find any ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 -

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of reproof;

Among the tribes of Israel I will make known what is true.

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