confidence, trust

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The trust and boldness that faith in God and His word gives. “In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence”; “The Lord shall be thy confidence” (Prov. 3:26; Prov. 14:26). “We are made partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our ‘assurance’ firm unto the end” (Heb. 3:14). In contrast to this the “fearful” are classed with the “unbelieving” (Rev. 21:8).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4006 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

πεποίθησις

Transliteration:

pepoithesis

Phonic:

pep-oy’-thay-sis

Meaning:

from the perfect of the alternate of 3958; reliance

KJV Usage:

confidence, trust