Trust (Noun and Verb)

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

A-1pepoithesisNounG4006

is rendered "trust" in 2Co 3:4, AV; see CONFIDENCE, No. 1.

B-1peithoVerbG3982

intransitively, in the perfect and pluperfect Active, "to have confidence, trust," is rendered "to trust" in Mat 27:43, Mar 10:24, Luk 11:22, Luk 18:9, 2Co 1:9, 2Co 10:7, Phi 2:24, Phi 3:4, AV (RV, "to have confidence"); Heb 2:13; in the present Middle, Heb 13:18, AV (RV, "are persuaded"). See AGREE, No. 5, PERSUADE.

B-2pisteuoVerbG4100

"to entrust," or, in the Passive Voice, "to be entrusted with," is rendered "to commit to one's trust," in Luk 16:11, 1Ti 1:11; "to be put in trust with," 1Th 2:4, AV (RV, "to be intrusted").

Note: Wherever elpizo, "to hope," is translated "to trust" in the AV, the RV substitutes "to hope." So proelpizo, "to hope before." See HOPE.