Revelation 13:10:23Rev.13.10.W23TAB
πίστις
pistis
“faith”
- Transliteration
- PI-stis
- Extended
- PEE-stihs
- IPA
- /ˈpis.tis/
Meaning by language
- English
- faith
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PI-stis
- sentence
EI tis eis aikh-ma-lô-SI-an eis aikh-ma-lô-SI-an hy-PA-gei EI tis en ma-KHAI-rê a-pok-tan-THÊ-nai au-TON en ma-KHAI-rê a-pok-tan-THÊ-nai hô-DE es-TIN hê hy-po-mo-NÊ KAI hê PI-stis tôn ha-GI-ōn
Exegesis
Finally, the coordinated noun phrase hē hypomonē kai hē pistis tōn hagion {ἡ ὑπομονὴ καὶ ἡ πίστις τῶν ἁγίων | hē hy-po-mon-ḗ kaí hē pís-tis tṓn ha-gí-ō-n} ‘the endurance and the faith of the saints’ presents the virtues central to the reader’s response.
Root and etymology
peithōpeí-thō
“to trust”
In context — Revelation 13:10
If anyone is to go into captivity , into captivity he goes; if anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:10:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Revelation 13:10, so the Greek word πίστις (pistis) 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 Rev.13.10.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.10.W23.S1) and character.