Faith (wek^vm) Heb. 11:1-31
Faith (wek^vm) Heb. 11:1-31 In the Bible, Faith is trust and reliance on God who is himself trustworthy. The New Testament and the Greek Old Testament express the understanding of faith primarily with two terms ‘pistis and pisteuein’ which is related to the primary OT verb ‘to be true’ or ‘to be trust wordy’ (aman). The Old Testament concept is more profound to describe faith. Hebrew ‘aman’ is the root word faith, and this term conveys the sense of "reliability, stability" and "firmness." The hiphil verb from of ‘aman’ means "to be certain, sure" or "to be assured" (cf. Gen 15:6 ; Ex 14:31 ; Num 14:11 ; Deut 1:32 , 9:23 ; Ps 78:22 ; Isa 43:10 ; Jonah 3:5 ). "Faith" is not blind or a leap into the unknown, but instead founded on truth certain of a real God and the absolute reality of His words. Pistis this Greek term means essentially "faith" or "a trustful human response to God's self revelation via His words ...