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אֱמוּנָה

ĕmûwnâh

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Modern Summary of Strong’s Concordance (1890)

The word "אֱמוּנָה" (ĕmûwnâh) primarily means firmness or stability. It can also refer to security or trustworthiness in a figurative sense, and to fidelity or faithfulness in a moral context. It is associated with qualities like truth, reliability, and steadiness.

faithfulness; steadfastness and truth

faith)set officestabilitysteadytrulytruthverily.

Etymologically, ĕmûwnâh traces to or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה; feminine of (אֵמוּן). In the King James Version, this word is translated as faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, and truly.

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Its Greek parallel is πίστις (pistis), revealing shared conceptual ground across the biblical languages.

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אֱמוּנָהpistis — persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospe
πίστιςpersuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospeparallel
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πίστις

pistis

persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospe

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ἀγάπηagapēχάριςcharisחֵסֵדchêçêdἔλεοςeleosπίστιςpistis
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πίστις

pistis

persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospe

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