Hebrews 13:7:20Heb.13.7.W20TAB
πίστιν
pistin
“faith”
- Transliteration
- PI-stin
- Extended
- PIH-stihn
- IPA
- /ˈpis.tin/
Meaning by language
- English
- faith
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
PI-stin
- sentence
mnê-mo-NEU-e-te tôn hê-gou-ME-nôn hy-MÔN HOI-ti-nes e-LA-lê-san hy-MEEN ton LO-gon tou the-OU hôn a-na-the-ô-ROUN-tes tên EK-ba-sin tês a-na-stro-PHÊS mi-MEIS-the tên PI-stin
Exegesis
The main exhortation is completed with the second imperative mimeisthe tēn pistin {μιμεῖσθε τὴν πίστιν | mi-meî-sthe tēn pí-stin} “imitate the faith,” shifting the focus from external behavior to the inner, enduring trust that shaped the leaders’ lives. In English, the participial construction is rendered with a temporal-concessive nuance (“as you consider...”), preserving the logical progression from remembrance, to reflection, to imitation while smoothing the nested Greek relative and participial structures into two coherent sentences.
Root and etymology
peithōpi–epsilon–iota–theta–omega
“to persuade, to trust”
In context — Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God . As you carefully consider the result of their conduct , imitate their faith.
About this coordinate
Hebrews 13:7:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Hebrews 13:7, so the Greek word πίστιν (pistin) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Heb.13.7.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Heb.13.7.W20.S1) and character.