Search for: faith
94061 Etymology dictionary, p. trust (n.).4
It is attested from c. 1300 as "reliability, trustworthiness; trustiness, fidelity, faithfulness;" from late 14c. as "confident expectation" and "that on which one relies."
94062 Etymology dictionary, p. truth (n.).2
… (Mercian) "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant," from Germanic abstract noun *treuwitho, from Proto-Germanic …
94063 Etymology dictionary, p. tryst (n.).2
… good faith," from PIE *drew-o-, a suffixed form of the root *deru- "be firm, solid, steadfast." The notion would be "place one waits trustingly." As a verb, late 14c. Related …
94064 Etymology dictionary, p. unfaithful (adj.).2
… ) "not" + faithful. In Middle English it had also a sense of "infidel, unbelieving, irreligious" (late 14c.). The meaning "not faithful in marriage" is attested from 1828 …
94065 Etymology dictionary, p. universalism (n.).2
1805 in theology, "the doctrine of universal salvation," from universal (adj.) + -ism. Universalist "one who, professing the Christian faith, believes in the eventual redemption of all humanity" is attested from 1620s.
94066 Etymology dictionary, p. Varangian (n.).2
… - "pledge, faith," related to Old English wær "agreement, treaty, promise," Old High German wara "faithfulness" (from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy"). Attested in Old …
94067 Etymology dictionary, p. vates (n.).2
… Irish faith "poet," Welsh gwawd "poem," from PIE root *wet- (1) "to blow; inspire, spiritually arouse" (source also of Old English wod "mad, frenzied," god-name Woden; see wood …
94068 Etymology dictionary, p. virtue (n.).3
… (hope, faith, charity). To make a virtue of a necessity (late 14c.) translates Latin facere de necessitate virtutem [Jerome].
94069 Etymology dictionary, p. warlock (n.).2
… wær "faith, fidelity; a compact, agreement, covenant," from Proto-Germanic *wera- (source also of Old High German wara "truth," Old Norse varar "solemn promise, vow"), from …
94070 Etymology dictionary, p. *were-o-.4
… vera "faith," Russian viera "faith, belief;" Old English wær "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true."
94071 Etymology dictionary, p. wood (adj.).2
… Irish faith "poet;" "with a common element of mental excitement" [Buck]. Compare Old English woþ "sound, melody, song," Old Norse oðr "poetry," and the god-name Odin .
94072 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aaron.9
… the faith of the Old Testament writers in the origin in Aaron of their priestly order.
94073 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abed-nego.2
… their faith. The name, according to this view, would mean "servant of Nebo." Inasmuch as `abhedh is a translation of the Babylonian `arad, it seems ore probable that …
94074 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abel (1).5
… . "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent (abundant, pleiona) sacrifice than Cain" ( Hebrews 11:4 ). The "more abundant sacrifice," Westcott thinks, "suggests …
94075 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abishai.2
… always faithful to David, and remained with him, as he fled from Absalom. When Shimei, of the house of Saul, cursed the fleeing king, Abishai characteristically …
94076 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ablution.8
… the faithful .... when they rise from sleep, before they go to work, pray, after having washed themselves" nipsamenoi.
94077 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abolish.2
… God’s faithfulness to His promises; machah, "to erase," "blot out," "that your works may be abolished" ( Ezekiel 6:6 ) katargeo, "to render inoperative," "bring to nought …
94078 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.38
… Abraham’s faith in the promise, for a Divine command to sacrifice the life of this son was accepted bona fide, and only the sudden interposition of a Divine …
94079 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.45
… :19 ), faithfulness ( Genesis 24:27 ), wisdom ( Genesis 20:6 ), goodness ( Genesis 19:19 ), mercy ( Genesis 20:6 ). These qualities were expected of men, and their contraries in …
94080 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.50
… his faith in the Divine promise, which, just because it was for him peculiarly unsupported by any evidence of the senses, becomes the type of the faith that …