Words the Bible translates as confidence
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- parrēsiaπαρρησίαfree and fearless openness: speaking out in the open, plainly, and with confidence, holding nothing back
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςa firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
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- 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
- mivtaḥמִבְטָחreliance placed in someone or something, and by extension the thing relied on and the safety it brings
- keselכֶּסֶלconfidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
+2 more meanings
- the loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
- folly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
- pepoithēsisπεποίθησιςconfidence: a settled state of trust or reliance, taking its whole character from whatever it rests on
- tharsosθάρσοςcourage/confidencenot studied yet
- kislahכִּסְלָהconfidencenot studied yet
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