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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 45 times in 43 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:7 - My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 -
The Rock, his work is perfect;
For all his ways are justice:
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
Just and right is he.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:35 - And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 - Now these are the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse saith,
And the man who was raised on high saith,
The anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:2 - Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:8 - and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - And I made treasurers over the treasuries, 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 counted faithful, and their business was to distribute unto their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:20 -
He removeth the speech of the trusty,
And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:9 -
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way,
And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:7 -
The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul:
The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:28 -
My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore;
And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 -
It shall be established for ever as the moon,
And as the faithful witness in the sky.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:6 -
Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me:
He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:12 -
To deliver thee from the way of evil,
From the men that speak perverse things;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:13 -
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 -
Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished;
But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:17 -
A wicked messenger falleth into evil;
But a faithful ambassador is health.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 -
A faithful witness will not lie;
But a false witness uttereth lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 -
A true witness delivereth souls;
But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 -
Excellent speech becometh not a fool;
Much less do lying lips a prince.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 -
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;
But a faithful man who can find?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13 -
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
So is a faithful messenger to them that send him;
For he refresheth the soul of his masters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:23 - And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:25 - In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:3 - Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:5 - Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word wherewith Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
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