Confident Confidence

Confident Confidence

'''A — 1: πεποίθησις (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 22:59 Acts 12:15 1 Timothy 1:7 Titus 3:8Affirm.