Reference notes for The Basics: the dictionary entries for the two Greek words behind what our English Bibles call faith. πίστις Transliteration: pistis Phonetic Pronunciation: pis’-tis Root: from <G3982> Cross Reference: TDNT - 6:174,849 Part of Speech: n f Vine’s Words: Assurance, Assure, Assuredly, Belief, Believe, Believers, Faith, Fidelity Usage Notes: English Words used in KJV: faith 239 assurance 1 believe + <G1537> 1 belief 1 them that believe 1 fidelity 1 [Total Coun

"I prayed for faith and thought it would strike me like lightning. But faith did not come. One day I read, “Now faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” I had closed my Bible and prayed for faith. I now began to study my Bible and faith has been growing ever since." - Dwight L. Moody

The word most often translated as "faith" in the English Biblical New Testament, is the Greek word, "πίστις", transliterated as "pistis". According to Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary, "pistis" is, in turn, derived from the Greek word, "πείθω", transliterated as "peithō". Pistis, a noun, is defined by Strong's as: "...persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ