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faith

Meaning of “faith”

Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
247 occurrences231 verses26 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:20

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James 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:17 · retained source text

Euen so faith, if it hath not works, is dead being alone.

1611 marginal noteGr. by it selfe.

James 2:18
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:18 · retained source text

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I haue workes: shew mee thy faith without thy workes, and I will shew thee my faith by my workes.

1611 marginal noteSome copies reade, by thy workes.

James 2:22
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:22 · retained source text

Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

1611 marginal noteOr, thou seest.

James 2:24
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 2:24 · retained source text

Ye see then, how that by workes a man is iustified, and not by faith only.

James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:26 · retained source text

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without workes is dead also.

1611 marginal noteOr, breath.

James 5:15
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 5:15 · retained source text

And the prayer of Faith shall saue the sicke, and the Lord shall raise him vp: and if hee haue committed sinnes, they shall be forgiuen him.

1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:5 · retained source text

Who are kept by the power of God through faith vnto saluation, ready to be reuealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:7 · retained source text

That the triall of your faith, being much more precious then of golde that perisheth, though it bee tryed with fire, might be found vnto praise, and honor, and glory, at the appearing of Iesus Christ:

1 Peter 1:9
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:9 · retained source text

Receiuing the ende of your faith, euen the saluation of your soules:

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Hebrews 11:1

NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting on his authority and veracity, without other evidence; the judgment that what another states or testifies is the truth. […] The object of belief; a doctrine or system of doctrines believed; a system of revealed truths received by christians. […] Faithfulness; fidelity; a strict adherence to duty and fulfillment of promises.

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