Mark 11:22:8Mark.11.22.W8TAB
πίστιν
pistin
“faith”
- Transliteration
- PI-stin
- Extended
- PIH-stin
- 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
KAI a-po-kri-THEIS ho ee-ay-SOOS LE-gei au-TOIS E-khe-te PI-stin the-OU
Exegesis
The object pistin {πίστιν | pís-tin} “faith” is specified by the genitive theou {θεοῦ | the-oû} “of God,” which can be understood as an objective genitive (“faith directed toward God”) or a genitive of source (“faith that comes from God”). The English formal rendering “Have faith in God” adopts the common objective sense while leaving room for divine enablement, and preserves the imperative force directly. The dynamic rendering “Put your faith in God” makes the imperative more idiomatic in contemporary English and emphasizes the intentional act of entrusting oneself to God, while still reflecting the Greek syntactic structure of verb plus object in relation to God as the genitive complement.
In context — Mark 11:22
And Jesus , having answered, says to them, “Have faith in God .”
About this coordinate
Mark 11:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 11:22, 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 Mark.11.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.11.22.W8.S1) and character.