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Emunah (אֱמוּנָה) — Faithfulness, steadiness, covenant reliability
Usually translated "faith," emunah is not passive belief but active, consistent faithfulness — the steady posture of a person whose life flows from covenant rel
Pistis (πίστις) — Faith, trust, confidence, conviction
More than intellectual assent — pistis is trust that leads to action, confidence in a person's reliability. The faith that saves is the kind that moves you.
Emet (אֱמֶת) — Truth, reliability, faithfulness
Emet carries the sense of that which is firm, reliable, and can be trusted — not just factual accuracy but covenantal faithfulness. God's truth is something you
Diogmos (διωγμός) — Persecution — being pursued and harassed for one's faith
Diogmos comes from dioko, to pursue aggressively. Jesus promises diogmos to His followers (John 15:20). Paul lists it among the things that cannot separate beli
Pistos (πιστός) — Faithful, trustworthy, reliable — the character of God
"God is pistos" (1 Corinthians 10:13) — this is the foundation of all trust. Pistos describes both the character of God (He will not let you be tempted beyond w
Anastasis (ἀνάστασις) — Resurrection — standing up again, rising from the dead
Literally "a standing up again." The anastasis of Jesus is the cornerstone of Christian faith — without it, as Paul says, our faith is in vain (1 Corinthians 15
Nikē (νίκη) — Victory — decisive, completed triumph; the conquest already secured
The root of nikaō, "to conquer," and the word behind every "overcomer" in Revelation. Nikē is not the fight — it is the win. John writes it in a tense that has
Deesis (δέησις) — Supplication, entreaty — a specific petition born of need
Where proseuchē is the general word, deēsis is the sharp one: it comes from deomai, "to want, to lack." A deēsis is what a real need presses out of a person. Za
Shema (שְׁמַע) — Hear, listen, understand, and obey
The opening word of Israel's core confession (Deuteronomy 6:4). Shema implies total alignment — not just hearing with the ears but understanding, internalizing,
Tiqvah (תִּקְוָה) — Hope, expectation — literally a cord or line of attachment
From the root qavah, "to wait by binding together" — the same picture as the scarlet cord let down for Rahab's rescue (Joshua 2:18). Biblical hope is not a wish
Batach (בָּטַח) — To trust, to lean on, to be confident in
Batach describes the act of fully leaning your weight on something or someone. Proverbs 3:5 commands batach in the LORD with all your heart — not intellectual a
Elpis (ἐλπίς) — Hope — confident expectation, certain anticipation
Unlike the English word "hope" which carries uncertainty, elpis in the Greek New Testament is a confident, assured expectation of something not yet seen. It is
Hupomone (ὑπομονή) — Endurance, patient perseverance — steadfast under pressure
From hupo (under) + meno (remain) — to remain steadfastly under a heavy load rather than escape it. Hupomone is not passive resignation but active, courageous e
Hupakouo (ὑπακούω) — Obedience — to listen from under, to respond to authority
Hupo (under) + akouo (to hear) — to listen attentively from a position of submission. Jesus was hupekouo even to death on the cross (Philippians 2:8). Through H
Hora (ὥρα) — An hour, a particular moment, a fixed point of time
English "hour" descends from this word. "Now it is high time to awake out of sleep" (Romans 13:11) — literally "it is already the hōra." Paul is not setting a d
Shama (שָׁמַע) — To hear, listen, give attention, answer
In Hebrew, hearing and responding are not separable — to shama is to listen in a way that acts. This is the covenant word for what God does with prayer: "verily
Darash (דָּרַשׁ) — To seek, enquire, search out, resort to
Sustained, earnest seeking that expects an answer — the word used for consulting God rather than glancing toward Him. "Seek ye the LORD while he may be found" (
Atsum (עָצוּם) — Mighty, vast, numerous, too strong to be withstood
A word for overwhelming force — used of mighty nations and vast numbers. It describes the prevailing quality of a prayer life that has stopped being tentative.
Baptisma (βάπτισμα) — Baptism — immersion, the rite of identification with Christ
Baptisma means to immerse or plunge. The act declares a death to the old life and resurrection into the new — "buried with Him in baptisma, raised with Him thro
Sozo (σῴζω) — To save, heal, make whole, rescue, preserve
Sozo is translated both "saved" (John 3:17) and "made well / healed" (Mark 5:34) in the New Testament — often by the same author. This is not inconsistency; it