Word study · Greek
pistis
faith, trust
Say it: PISS-tiss (approximate)
πίστις
What it means
Trust, faithfulness, and belief. It is the central word of Romans, occurring about forty times.
Range of meaning
- TrustConfidence in a person or what they can do.
- FaithfulnessBeing trustworthy and loyal (STEPBible tags this sense separately).
- The faithLater, what Christians believe.
In Romans
- Chapter 1
"From faith to faith," "obedience of faith" (1:5, 1:8, 1:12, 1:17).
- Chapter 3
"Through faith in Jesus Christ," "the faithfulness of God" (3:3, 3:22, 3:25-31).
- Chapter 4
"Abraham believed God" and "the faith of our father Abraham" (4:5, 4:9-20).
Every verse (35)
- Romans 1:5
- Romans 1:8
- Romans 1:12
- Romans 1:17
- Romans 3:3
- Romans 3:22
- Romans 3:25
- Romans 3:26
- Romans 3:27
- Romans 3:28
- Romans 3:30
- Romans 3:31
- Romans 4:5
- Romans 4:9
- Romans 4:11
- Romans 4:12
- Romans 4:13
- Romans 4:14
- Romans 4:16
- Romans 4:19
- Romans 4:20
- Romans 5:1
- Romans 5:2
- Romans 9:30
- Romans 9:32
- Romans 10:6
- Romans 10:8
- Romans 10:17
- Romans 11:20
- Romans 12:3
- Romans 12:6
- Romans 14:1
- Romans 14:22
- Romans 14:23
- Romans 16:26
Verses where G4102G or G4102H is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources