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| | == BDAG LEXICON on Faith (Bauer-Danker-Arndt-Gingrich)== | | == BDAG LEXICON on Faith (Bauer-Danker-Arndt-Gingrich)== |
| | + | '''[Note under pistis below how one meaning is proof, and never is a meaning given for "belief without evidence," which is unfortunately the degenerated meaning now popular in English.]''' |
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| | ABBREVIATIONS of BDAG: | | ABBREVIATIONS of BDAG: |
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| | inf = infinitive; abs = absolute(ly) (no object); pers = person; foll = following | | inf = infinitive; abs = absolute(ly) (no object); pers = person; foll = following |
| | obj = object; v.l. = variant reading | | obj = object; v.l. = variant reading |
| − | D = the "western text," an inferior text type\ | + | D = the "western text," an inferior text type |
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| | '''πιστεύω pisteuo [I believe]''' | | '''πιστεύω pisteuo [I believe]''' |
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| | δ. by means of the dat. of thing give credence to, believe | | δ. by means of the dat. of thing give credence to, believe |
| | On πιστεύειν εἰς τὸ ὄνομά τινος …Rather in the sense ‘put one’s trust in’ Sir 32:21 μὴ πιστεύσῃς ἐν ὁδῷ ἀπροσκόπῳ. … | | On πιστεύειν εἰς τὸ ὄνομά τινος …Rather in the sense ‘put one’s trust in’ Sir 32:21 μὴ πιστεύσῃς ἐν ὁδῷ ἀπροσκόπῳ. … |
| − | —ἐπί τινι [upon something]:
| + | —ἐπί τινι [upon something]: |
| | πιστεύειν [to believe] ἐπὶ πᾶσιν [upon all things] οἷς ἐλάλησαν οἱ προφῆται [which spoke the prophets] Lk 24:25; Ro 9:33. | | πιστεύειν [to believe] ἐπὶ πᾶσιν [upon all things] οἷς ἐλάλησαν οἱ προφῆται [which spoke the prophets] Lk 24:25; Ro 9:33. |
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| | b. a solemn promise to be faithful and loyal, assurance, oath, troth | | b. a solemn promise to be faithful and loyal, assurance, oath, troth |
| − | c. a token offered as a guarantee of someth. promised, '''proof,'''<big>'''proof'''</big> pledge | + | c. a token offered as a guarantee of someth. promised, <big>'''proof'''</big> pledge |
| | 2. state of believing on the basis of the reliability of the one trusted, trust, confidence, faith in the active sense=‘believing’, . . . in our lit. directed toward God and Christ, their revelations, teachings, promises, their power and readiness to aid. | | 2. state of believing on the basis of the reliability of the one trusted, trust, confidence, faith in the active sense=‘believing’, . . . in our lit. directed toward God and Christ, their revelations, teachings, promises, their power and readiness to aid. |
| | a. God: πίστις θεοῦ faith, trust, confidence in God. . . | | a. God: πίστις θεοῦ faith, trust, confidence in God. . . |