4103. pistos
Strong's Lexicon
pistos: Faithful, trustworthy, reliable, believing

Original Word: πιστός
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: pistos
Pronunciation: pis-TOS
Phonetic Spelling: (pis-tos')
Definition: Faithful, trustworthy, reliable, believing
Meaning: trustworthy, faithful, believing.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb πείθω (peithō), meaning "to persuade" or "to have confidence."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H530 (אֱמוּנָה, emunah): Often translated as "faithfulness" or "steadfastness."

- H539 (אָמַן, aman): Meaning "to confirm" or "to support," often used in the context of faithfulness or trustworthiness.

Usage: The Greek word "pistos" primarily denotes someone who is faithful, trustworthy, or reliable. It is used to describe both God's faithfulness and the faithfulness expected of believers. In the New Testament, "pistos" can refer to someone who is full of faith or a believer, as well as someone who is dependable in their duties or promises.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, faithfulness was a highly valued virtue, often associated with loyalty and reliability in relationships, contracts, and duties. In the Jewish context, faithfulness was a key attribute of God, who was seen as steadfast in His covenant promises. The early Christian community adopted this understanding, emphasizing the faithfulness of God and the call for believers to reflect this attribute in their lives.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 4103 pistós (an adjective, derived from 3982 /peíthō, "persuaded") – properly, faithful (loyalty to faith; literally, fullness of faith); typically, of believing the faith God imparts.

[The root of 4103 /pistós, "faithful" and 4100 /pisteúō, "faith," are the same (pist-), referring to persuasion.]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from peithó
Definition
faithful, reliable
NASB Translation
believe (2), believer (4), believers (5), believing (1), faithful (44), faithful one (1), faithfully (1), sure (1), trustworthy (7), who believe (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4103: πιστός

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
believing, faithful, sure, true.

From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful -- believe(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly), sure, true.

see GREEK peitho

Forms and Transliterations
πιστα πιστά πισταί πιστας πιστάς πιστὰς πιστε πιστέ πιστη πιστή πιστὴ πιστην πιστήν πιστὴν πιστης πιστής πιστῆς πιστοι πιστοί πιστοὶ πιστοις πιστοίς πιστοῖς πιστον πιστόν πιστὸν πιστος πιστός πιστὸς πίστος πιστου πιστού πιστοῦ πιστους πιστούς πιστοὺς πιστω πιστώ πιστῷ πιστων πιστών πιστῶν pista pistá pistas pistàs piste pisté pistē pistḕ pisten pistēn pistḕn pistes pistês pistēs pistē̂s pisto pistō pistoi pistoí pistoì pistôi pistō̂i pistois pistoîs piston pistón pistòn pistôn pistōn pistō̂n pistos pistós pistòs pistou pistoû pistous pistoùs
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Matthew 24:45 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἐστὶν ὁ πιστὸς δοῦλος καὶ
NAS: then is the faithful and sensible
KJV: then is a faithful and wise
INT: is the faithful servant and

Matthew 25:21 Adj-VMS
GRK: ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ ἐπὶ ὀλίγα
NAS: good and faithful slave.
KJV: and faithful servant:
INT: good and faithful over a few things

Matthew 25:21 Adj-NMS
GRK: ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός ἐπὶ πολλῶν
NAS: slave. You were faithful with a few things,
KJV: thou hast been faithful over
INT: a few things you were faithful over many things

Matthew 25:23 Adj-VMS
GRK: ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ ἐπὶ ὀλίγα
NAS: good and faithful slave.
KJV: and faithful servant;
INT: good and faithful over a few things

Matthew 25:23 Adj-NMS
GRK: ὀλίγα ἦς πιστός ἐπὶ πολλῶν
NAS: slave. You were faithful with a few things,
KJV: thou hast been faithful over
INT: a few things you were faithful over many things

Luke 12:42 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἐστὶν ὁ πιστὸς οἰκονόμος ὁ
NAS: then is the faithful and sensible
KJV: then is that faithful and wise
INT: is the faithful manager [and] the

Luke 16:10 Adj-NMS
GRK: πιστὸς ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ
NAS: He who is faithful in a very
KJV: He that is faithful in
INT: the [one who] [is] faithful with very little

Luke 16:10 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἐν πολλῷ πιστός ἐστιν καὶ
NAS: little thing is faithful also
KJV: is faithful also
INT: with much faithful is and

Luke 16:11 Adj-NFP
GRK: ἀδίκῳ μαμωνᾷ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε
NAS: you have not been faithful in the [use of] unrighteous
KJV: not been faithful in the unrighteous
INT: unrighteous money faithful not have been

Luke 16:12 Adj-NFP
GRK: τῷ ἀλλοτρίῳ πιστοὶ οὐκ ἐγένεσθε
NAS: you have not been faithful in [the use of] that which is another's,
KJV: been faithful in
INT: that which [is] of another faithful not you have been

Luke 19:17 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ πιστὸς ἐγένου ἴσθι
NAS: you have been faithful in a very little thing,
KJV: thou hast been faithful in
INT: in very little faithful you were be you

John 20:27 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἄπιστος ἀλλὰ πιστός
NAS: and do not be unbelieving, but believing.
KJV: faithless, but believing.
INT: unbelieving but believing

Acts 10:45 Adj-NFP
GRK: ἐκ περιτομῆς πιστοὶ ὅσοι συνῆλθαν
NAS: All the circumcised believers who came
KJV: the circumcision which believed were astonished,
INT: out of circumcision believers as many as came with

Acts 13:34 Adj-ANP
GRK: Δαυὶδ τὰ πιστά
NAS: YOU THE HOLY [and] SURE [blessings] OF DAVID.'
KJV: you the sure mercies
INT: of David reliable

Acts 16:1 Adj-GFS
GRK: γυναικὸς Ἰουδαίας πιστῆς πατρὸς δὲ
NAS: woman who was a believer, but his father
KJV: which was a Jewess, and believed; but
INT: of a woman Jewish believing father however

Acts 16:15 Adj-AFS
GRK: κεκρίκατέ με πιστὴν τῷ κυρίῳ
NAS: you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
KJV: me to be faithful to the Lord, come
INT: you have judged me faithful to the Lord

1 Corinthians 1:9 Adj-NMS
GRK: πιστὸς ὁ θεὸς
NAS: God is faithful, through whom
KJV: God [is] faithful, by whom
INT: Faithful [is] God

1 Corinthians 4:2 Adj-NMS
GRK: οἰκονόμοις ἵνα πιστός τις εὑρεθῇ
NAS: that one be found trustworthy.
KJV: a man be found faithful.
INT: stewards that faithful one be found

1 Corinthians 4:17 Adj-ANS
GRK: ἀγαπητὸν καὶ πιστὸν ἐν κυρίῳ
NAS: is my beloved and faithful child
KJV: son, and faithful in the Lord,
INT: beloved and faithful in [the] Lord

1 Corinthians 7:25 Adj-NMS
GRK: ὑπὸ κυρίου πιστὸς εἶναι
NAS: of the Lord is trustworthy.
KJV: the Lord to be faithful.
INT: from [the] Lord faithful to be

1 Corinthians 10:13 Adj-NMS
GRK: μὴ ἀνθρώπινος πιστὸς δὲ ὁ
NAS: and God is faithful, who
KJV: but God [is] faithful, who will
INT: not what belongs to man faithful moreover

2 Corinthians 1:18 Adj-NMS
GRK: πιστὸς δὲ ὁ
NAS: But as God is faithful, our word
KJV: But [as] God [is] true, our
INT: faithful moreover

2 Corinthians 6:15 Adj-DMS
GRK: τίς μερὶς πιστῷ μετὰ ἀπίστου
NAS: what has a believer in common
KJV: part hath he that believeth with
INT: what part to a believer with an unbeliever

Galatians 3:9 Adj-DMS
GRK: σὺν τῷ πιστῷ Ἀβραάμ
NAS: with Abraham, the believer.
KJV: are blessed with faithful Abraham.
INT: with the believing Abraham

Ephesians 1:1 Adj-DMP
GRK: Ἐφέσῳ καὶ πιστοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ
NAS: who are at Ephesus and [who are] faithful in Christ
KJV: Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
INT: Ephesus and faithful in Christ

Strong's Greek 4103
67 Occurrences


πιστά — 2 Occ.
πιστὰς — 1 Occ.
πιστέ — 2 Occ.
πιστὴ — 1 Occ.
πιστὴν — 1 Occ.
πιστῆς — 1 Occ.
πιστῷ — 4 Occ.
πιστῶν — 2 Occ.
πιστοὶ — 7 Occ.
πιστοῖς — 4 Occ.
πιστὸν — 5 Occ.
πιστὸς — 33 Occ.
πιστοῦ — 2 Occ.
πιστοὺς — 2 Occ.

















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