πιστός

πιστός, -ή, -όν

(πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אָמַן ;]

I. Pass., to be trusted or believed;

1. of persons, trusty, faithful : Matt 24,45; 25,21, 23 Luk 12,42, ApG 16,15, 1 Kor 4,2; 4,17; 7,25, Ef 1,1; 6,21, Kol 1,2, 7; 4,7, 9, 1 Tim 1,12, 2 Tim 2,2, Hebr 2,17; 3,2, 5, 1 Pet 5,12, Åb 2,13; 19,11; of God, 1 Kor 1,9; 10,13, 2 Kor 1,18, 1 Thess 5,24, 2 Thess 3,3, Hebr 10,23; 11,11, 2 Tim 2,13, 1 Joh 1,9, 1 Pet 4,19; before ἐν, Luk 16,10-12; 19,17, 1 Tim 3,11; ἐπί, with accusative, Matt 25,23 ἄχρι θανάτου, Åb 2,10 ὁ μάρτυς ὁ π., Åb 1,5 id. καὶ ἀληθινός, Åb 3,14,

2. Of things, trustworthy, reliable, sure: ApG 13,34, 1 Tim 1,15; 3,1; 4,9, 2 Tim 2,11, Tit 1,9; 3,8, Åb 21,5; 22,6.

II. Act., believing, trusting, relying: ApG 16,1, 2 Kor 6,15, Gal 3,9, 1 Tim 4,10; 5,16; 6,2, Tit 1,6, Åb 17,14; pl., ApG 10,45, 1 Tim 4,3; 4,12; opposite to ἄπιστος, Joh 20,27 π. εἰς θεόν, 1 Pet 1,21 π. ποιεῖν, 3 Joh 5.

(On the difficulty of choosing in some cases between the active and the passive meaning, see Lft., Gal., 157.) †