Word Study · Strong's G4006 · Greek
πεποίθησις
pepoithesis
pep-oy'-thay-sis
Strong's 1890 spelling: pepoíthēsis
“reliance”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
reliance
Rendered in the KJV as
confidence, trust.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- πεποιθήσει4
- πεποίθησιν1
- Πεποίθησιν1
How it is rendered · 3
- confidence4
- by [his] confidence1
- Confidence1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular4
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-DSF · 4
- N-ASF · 2
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Corinthians carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Corinthians4 occurrences
- 2 Corinthians 1:15πεποιθήσειpepoithēseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularConfident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.here: confidence
- 2 Corinthians 3:4Πεποίθησινpepoithēsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularSuch confidence before God is ours through Christ.here: Confidence
- 2 Corinthians 8:22πεποιθήσειpepoithēseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAnd we are sending along with them our brother whose earnestness has been proven many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.here: by [his] confidence
- 2 Corinthians 10:2πεποιθήσειpepoithēseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularI beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.here: confidence