Words the Bible translates as faithfulness
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.
- pistisπίστιςfaithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
+3 more meanings
- trust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
- the faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
- a pledge or proof: a guarantee given that secures confidence
- emetאֱמֶתthat which holds firm and can be relied on: faithfulness in a person and truth in a word, as one undivided idea
- emunahאֱמוּנָהfirmness that you can lean on: steadiness, reliability, faithfulness
- emunאֵמֻןdependable: proven trustworthy, used both of the quality itself and of the people who have it
- omenאֹמֶןfaithfulnessnot studied yet
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