Words the Bible translates as trust
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 15 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pisteuōπιστεύωto entrust something to someone, or (when the subject is the receiver) to be put in charge of it as a trust
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- to believe: to take a message as true and lean one's whole self on the person it is about, above all on God and on Jesus
- pistisπίστιςtrust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
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- 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
- peithōπείθωto rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
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- to work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- elpizōἐλπίζωto look ahead to something good with expectation, ranging from ordinary anticipation to settled trust in God
- bataḥבָּטַחto put your confidence in someone or something, leaning on it for safety; and so to feel secure
- amanאָמַןto believe, to trust, to put confidence in someone or something
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- to be firm, steady, and reliable, so that a person or thing can be counted on
- to support and care for a child as a guardian, foster-parent, or nurse
- ḥasahחָסָהto take refuge: to flee to someone or something for shelter and protection
- sha'anשָׁעַןto lean on a support, and so to rely on someone or something for security
- maḥasehמַחְסֶּהrefuge: a place you run to for cover and safety, whether a rock in a storm or God himself
- mivtaḥמִבְטָחreliance placed in someone or something, and by extension the thing relied on and the safety it brings
- pepoithēsisπεποίθησιςconfidence: a settled state of trust or reliance, taking its whole character from whatever it rests on
- amanאֲמַןto trustnot studied yet
- bittaḥonבִּטָּחוֹןtrustnot studied yet
- bitḥahבִּטְחָהtrustnot studied yet
- reḥatsרְחַץto trustnot studied yet
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