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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 ὁ πιστός, Revelation 1:5; with καί ἀληθινός, added, Revelation 3:14; (cf. Revelation 19:11). of things, that can be relied on: ὁ 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:7 - Not so with My servant Moses;
He is faithful in all My house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - “Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:59

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - “then the LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues—great and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:35 - ‘Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - So Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - “Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil is not found in you throughout your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - So she spoke, saying, “They used to talk in former times, saying, ‘They shall surely seek guidance at Abel,’ and so they would end disputes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 - Now these are the last words of David.

Thus says David the son of Jesse;
Thus says the man raised up on high,
The anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - ‘Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, 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 for you an enduring house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:2

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 the LORD his God, as his father David had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8 - You found his heart faithful before You,
And made a covenant with him
To give the land of the Canaanites,
The Hittites, the Amorites,
The Perizzites, the Jebusites,
And the Girgashites—
To give it to his descendants.
You have performed Your words,
For You are righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouse Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 - He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:9 - Yet the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:7 - The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:28 - My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 - It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:6 - My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a perfect way,
He shall serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:7 - The works of His hands are verity and justice;
All His precepts are sure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:13 - Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:12 - To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:13 - A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 - Though they join forces,[fn] the wicked will not go unpunished;
But the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:17 - A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
But a faithful ambassador brings health.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 - A faithful witness does not lie,
But a false witness will utter lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 - A true witness delivers souls,
But a deceitful witness speaks lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:6 - Children’s children are the crown of old men,
And the glory of children is their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,
Much less lying lips to a prince.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 - Most men will proclaim each his own goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13 - Like the cold of snow in time of harvest
Is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - I will restore your judges as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:23 - I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place,
And he will become a glorious throne to his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:25 - ‘In that day,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - He will dwell on high;
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
Bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus says the LORD,
The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,
To Him whom man despises,
To Him whom the nation abhors,
To the Servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise,
Princes also shall worship,
Because of the LORD who is faithful,
The Holy One of Israel;
And He has chosen You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:3 - Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The sure mercies of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:5 - So they said to Jeremiah, “Let the LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not do according to everything which the LORD your God sends us by you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - “Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
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