Meaning
akin to peitho, B, No. 1 below, denotes "persuasion, assurance, confidence," 2Co 1:15, 2Co 3:4, AV, "trust;" 2Co 8:22, 2Co 10:2, Eph 3:12, Phi 3:4. See TRUST.
lit., "a standing under" (hupo, "under," stasis, "a standing"), "that which stands, or is set, under, a foundation, beginning;" hence, the quality of confidence which leads one to stand under, endure, or undertake anything, 2Co 9:4, 2Co 11:17, Heb 3:14. Twice in Heb. it signifies "substance," Heb 1:3 (AV, "Person") and Heb 11:1. See SUBSTANCE.
often rendered "confidence" in the AV, is in all such instances rendered "boldness" in the RV, Act 28:31, Heb 3:6, 1Jo 2:28, 1Jo 3:21, 1Jo 5:14. See BOLDNESS, OPENLY, PLAINNESS.
"to persuade," or, intransitively, "to have confidence, to be confident" (cp. A, No. 1), has this meaning in the following, Rom 2:19, 2Co 2:3, Gal 5:10, Phi 1:6, Phi 1:14 (RV, "being confident," for AV, "waxing confident"), Phi 1:25, Phi 1:3-4, 2Th 3:4, Phm 1:21. See AGREE, ASSURE, BELIEVE, OBEY, PERSUADE, TRUST, YIELD.
"to be of good courage," is so translated in the RV of 2Co 5:6, 2Co 7:16 (AV, "to have confidence, or be confident"). See COURAGE.
Note: The adverb "confidently" is combined with the verb "affirm" to represent the verbs diischurizomai, Luk 22:59, Act 12:15, RV (AV, "constantly affirmed"), and diabebaioomai, 1Ti 1:7, AV, "affirm," and Tit 3:8, AV, "affirm constantly." See AFFIRM.
