King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4006
Transliteration: pepoithēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (pep-oy'-thay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: confidence
Meaning: confidence
πεποίθησις, πεποιθησεως, ἡ (πείθω, 2 perfect πέποιθα), trust, confidence (R. V.), reliance: 2 Corinthians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 10:2; Ephesians 3:12; εἰς τινα, 2 Corinthians 8:22; ἐν τίνι,Philippians 3:4. (Philo de nobilit. § 7; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 3, 1; 3, 2, 2; 10, 1, 4; (11, 7, 1; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 2, 3 [ET]); Zosimus (), Sextus Empiricus, others; the Sept. once for בִּטָּחון, 2 Kings 18:19.) The word is condemned by the Atticists; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 295.
Word Summary
pepoithēsis: confidence
Original Word: πεποίθησιςTransliteration: pepoithēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (pep-oy'-thay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: confidence
Meaning: confidence
Strong's Concordance
confidence, trust. From the perfect of the alternate of pascho; reliance -- confidence, trust.
see GREEK pascho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4006: πεποίθησιςπεποίθησις, πεποιθησεως, ἡ (πείθω, 2 perfect πέποιθα), trust, confidence (R. V.), reliance: 2 Corinthians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 10:2; Ephesians 3:12; εἰς τινα, 2 Corinthians 8:22; ἐν τίνι,Philippians 3:4. (Philo de nobilit. § 7; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 3, 1; 3, 2, 2; 10, 1, 4; (11, 7, 1; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 2, 3 [ET]); Zosimus (