πιστός

pistov" pistov",
pisthv,
pistovn (
peivqw (which see)) (from Homer down), the Septuagint mostly for @m;a>n<;1. trusty, faithful; of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties:
dou'lo", ; ,;
oijkonovmo", ; ;
diavkono", ; ; ;
ajrciereuv", ; ; of God, abiding by his promises, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Johni. 9; ; add, ; ; ; ; ;
pistov"
ejn
tivni, in a thing, ;; ;
ejpiv
tiv, ;
a[cri
qanavtou, . one who kept his plighted faith, ; worthy of trust; that can, be relied on: ; : Christ is called
mavrtu"
oJ
pistov", ; with
kaiv
ajlhqinov", added, ; (cf. ). of things, that can be relied on:
oJ
lovgo", ; ; ; (;
ou|toi
oiJ
lovgoi, ; ); with
pavsh"
ajpodoch'"
a[xio" added, ; ;
tav
o{sia
Daui"
tav
pistav (see
o{sio", at the end), .2. easily persuaded; believing, confiding, trusting (Theognis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato, others); in the N. T. one who trusts in God's promises, ; is convinced that Jesus has been raised from the dead, opposed to
a[pisto", ; one who has become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and the author of salvation (opposed to
a[pisto", see
pisteuvw, 1 b.
g. and
pivsti", 1 b.) (a believer): ; ; ; with the addition of
tw'/
kurivw/, dative of the person in whom faith or trust is reposed, ; plural in (where cf. Lightfoot); ; ; ; ;
oiJ
pistoiv, substantively (see Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 157), ; ,; with
ejn
Cristw'/
!Ihsou' added (cf. Buttmann, 174 (152)), ;
eij"
Qeovn
ktl. L T Tr text WH;
pistovn
poiei'n
tiv, to do something harmonizing with (Christian) faith (R. V. a faithful work), .*