Words the Bible translates as assurance
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pistisπίστιςtrust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
+3 more meanings
- faithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
- the faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
- a pledge or proof: a guarantee given that secures confidence
- elegchosἔλεγχοςproof: the evidence or demonstration by which something hidden is brought into the open and shown to be real
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςa firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
+2 more meanings
- the real being or substance of something: what it actually is beneath how it appears
- an undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
- plērophoriaπληροφορίαassurancenot studied yet
- arubbahעֲרֻבָּהsomething handed over as a guarantee: security put up to back a promise, or a token brought back as proof
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