noun · feminine
pepoithēsias
Greekπεποίθησις (pepoithēsis)
Strong’sG4006
confidence, trust
stem pepoithēsi-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† πεποίθησις, -εως, ἡ
(< πείθω), [in LXX: IV Ki 18:19 (בִּטָּחוֹן)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4006 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpep-oy'-thay-sis
reliance
Fromfrom the perfect of the alternate of G3958;
King Jamesconfidence, trust.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pepoithēsias | pepoithēsiais |
| object accusative | pepoithēsian2×Πεποίθησιν | pepoithēsiain |
| direct address vocative | pepoithēsiar | pepoithēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pepoithēsiau | pepoithēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | pepoithēsia4×πεποιθήσει | pepoithēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
pepoithēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
pepoithēsian“confidence”objectaccusative singular2×
2 Corinthians 3:4“confidence”Pepoithēsian de toioutan echanō dia tou Christou pros ton theon.Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
Philippians 3:4“confidence”kaiper mis echarōtos pepoithēsian kai en sarxa. Ei tinos dokatō allos peitharē en sarxa, mis mallon;though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
pepoithēsia“confidence”to, fordative singular4×
2 Corinthians 1:15“confidence”Kai houta ta pepoithēsia bouleme proterem pros vin erchara, hina deuteran charian echaveia,Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
2 Corinthians 8:22“confidence”sumpempana de autoi ton adelfon nu hon dokimazana en pollei pollakis spoudaion arōton, nuni de pollem spoudaioteron pepoithēsia polla ta eis vin.And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.
2 Corinthians 10:2“confidence”demō de tem mē pareiarōtos tharrara ta pepoithēsia ha logizemō tolmara epi tinoin toin logizerōtoin nin hōs kata sarxan peripatarōtoin.I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
Ephesians 3:12“confidence”en ho echanō tan parrēsian kai prosagōgan en pepoithēsia dia tau pistiau autou.In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.