A — 1: πεποίθησις
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(Strong's #4006 — Noun Feminine — pepoithesis — pep-oy'-thay-sis )

akin to peitho, B, No. 1 below, denotes "persuasion, assurance, confidence," 2—Corinthians 1:15; 3:4 , AV, "trust;" 2—Corinthians 8:22; 10:2; Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:4 . See TRUST.

A — 2: ὑπόστασις
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(Strong's #5287 — Noun Feminine — hupostasis — hoop-os'-tas-is )

lit., "a standing under" (hupo, "under," stasis, "a standing"), "that which stands, or is set, under, a foundation, beginning;" hence, the quality of confidence which leads one to stand under, endure, or undertake anything, 2—Corinthians 9:4; 11:17; Hebrews 3:14 . Twice in Heb. it signifies "substance," Hebrews 1:3 (AV, "Person") and Hebrews 11:1 . See SUBSTANCE.

A — 3: παρρησία
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(Strong's #3954 — Noun Feminine — parrhesia — par-rhay-see'-ah )

often rendered "confidence" in the AV, is in all such instances rendered "boldness" in the RV, Acts 28:31; Hebrews 3:6; 1—John 2:28; 3:21; 5:14 . See BOLDNESS , OPENLY , PLAINNESS.

B — 1: πείθω
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(Strong's #3982 — Verb — peitho — pi'-tho )

"to persuade," or, intransitively, "to have confidence, to be confident" (cp. A, No. 1), has this meaning in the following, Romans 2:19; 2—Corinthians 2:3; Galatians 5:10; Philippians 1:6,14 (RV, "being confident," for AV, "waxing confident"), 25; 3:3,4; 2—Thessalonians 3:4; Philemon 1:21 . See AGREE , ASSURE , BELIEVE , OBEY , PERSUADE , TRUST , YIELD.

B — 2: θαρρέω
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(Strong's #2292 — Verb — tharreo — thar-hreh'-o )

"to be of good courage," is so translated in the RV of 2—Corinthians 5:6; 7:16 (AV, "to have confidence, or be confident"). See COURAGE.

Luke 22:59Acts 12:151—Timothy 1:7Titus 3:8AFFIRM.