[B-Greek] to what extent... PISTEUW

Luke Firth luke.firth.mail at gmail.com
Thu Aug 20 20:44:27 EDT 2009


To what extent is there justification for any kind of idea that says  
that the word PISTEUW (I believe (in), have faith, trust) has lost  
much of it's Greek meaning by simply translating it as "believe"???
As the word believe in (at least Australian culture) is more of a... I  
THINK (with my mind) that this happened... as opposed to... I TRUST in  
this.
Wouldn't it be of much more significance to this culture to even  
translate it as "trust in" - As does David H. Stern in his 'Complete  
Jewish Bible'

Also as the noun PISTIS seems to be translated pretty always as a  
"Faith, (trust)" word (with no evidenced translation of "belief")... -  
As far as I researched...

I'm simply asking, are we doing the verb PISTEUW justice by  
translating it as "I believe in" (especially noting the general  
persons idea of the word 'believe' compared to the Greek understanding  
of the word PISTEUW/PISTIS)

Luke.







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