Confidence and Trust

† מִבְטָח n.[m.] confidence Ez 29:16—cstr. מִבְטַח Pr 14:26, מִבְטָח ψ 65:6; sf. מִבְטַחִי Jb 31:24 + 6 times (dag. implicit); מִבְטֶחָם Je 48:13; מִבְטֶחָהֿ Pr 21:22; pl. מִבְטַחִים Is 32:18; מִבְטָחַיִךְ Je 2:37;— 1. the act of confiding Pr 21:22; 22:19; 25:19. 2. the object of confidence Jb 8:14; 18:14; 31:24 ψ 40:5; 65:6; 71:5 Je 2:37; 17:7; 48:13 Ez 29:16. 3. the state of confidence, security Pr 14:26 Is 32:18.

† כֶּ֫סֶל n.m. 1.loins, 2. stupidity, 3. confidence (NH id. loin; Aramaic כִּסְלָא id.);— 1. loins כָּ֑סֶל Jb 15:27; pl. כְּסָלִים Lv 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; sf. כְּסָלַי ψ 38:8. 2. stupidity, folly כ׳ Ec 7:25 (‖ סִכְלוּת), כֵּסֶל ψ 49:14. 3. confidence, sf. כִּסְלִי Jb 31:24; כִּסְלֶ֑ךָ Pr 3:26; כִּסְלוֹ Jb 8:14; כִּסְלָם ψ 78:7.

πεποίθ-ησις, εως, ἡ, trust, confidence, boldness, LXX+1st c.BC+: in plural, Refs 2nd c.AD+

ὑπόστᾰσις, εως, ἡ, (ὑφίστημι, ὑφίσταμαι): as an act, standing under, supporting, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου.. ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑ. πεποίηται LXX+5th c.BC+ __2 resistance, τοῦ κύματος Refs 4th c.BC+ (unless = settling down); so perhaps in Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 lying in ambush, Refs 5th c.BC+ __B as a thing, __B.I in liquids, that which settles at the bottom, sediment, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of sediment in the urine, Refs 5th c.BC+; but the urine itself is called ἡ ὑ. ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν, Refs 4th c.BC+ __B.I.b an accumulation of pus, abscess, Refs 5th c.BC+ __B.I.2 νέφους ὑποστάσεις cloud-cumuli, Refs 1st c.BC+ __B.I.3 a kind of jelly or thick soup, in plural, Refs 4th c.BC+ __B.I.4 metaphorically of time, duration, ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑ. remember how short my time is, LXX; ἡ ὑ. μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου mine age is as nothing before thee, Refs; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον αὐτοῦ (i.e. Ἕκτορος) ἡ ὑ. τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχεν as long as his store of years lasted, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __B.I.5 coming into existence, origin, ἡ ὑ. μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς LXX+1st c.AD+; ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑ. καθ᾽ ἑαυτήν has no power of originating by itself, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __B.II foundation or substructure of a temple, etc., LXX+1st c.BC+; ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων lower part of a crenellated wall, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὑ. ξύλου is falsa lectio for{ὑπότασις ξ}. in Refs 5th c.BC+ __B.II.2 metaphorically of a narrative, speech, or poem, ground-work, subject-matter, argument, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __B.II.3 plan, purpose, Refs; οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι.. ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑ. κεχρημένοι εἰσί (i.e. in their calendar) Refs 1st c.BC+ __B.II.4 confidence, courage, resolution, steadiness, of soldiers, Refs 2nd c.BC+; hope, ἔστι μοι ὑ. τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρί LXX; ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑ. αὐτῆςLXX+NT; ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις confidence in things hoped for, NT (unless substance be the right sense here). __B.II.5 undertaking, promise, οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν Refs 3rd c.BC+ __B.II.6 Astrology texts, τὰ τούτου (i.e. κλήρου τύχης) τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις (perhaps -στάσεις) [λέγεται] Refs 2nd c.BC+ __B.III substantial nature, substance, δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑ. ἔχειν woods hard to cleave, because of their resinous substance, Refs 4th c.BC+ __B.III.2 substance, actual existence, reality (οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑ. ἐχρήσαντο Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ᾽ ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ᾽ ὑπόστασιν (substantial, actual), Refs 4th c.BC+; so ὑποστάσεις are the substances of which the reflections (αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) appear in the mirror, Refs; ὑ. ἔχειν have substantial existence, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει (ὑποτάσει codex), πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑ. φυτευθέντα, a separate existence, Refs 2nd c.AD+; [ἡ παρασιτικὴ] διαφέρει καὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας.. κατὰ τὴν ὑ. (in respect of reality) · ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ Refs 2nd c.AD+ __B.III.3 real nature, essence, χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑ. NT __B.IV as a Rhet. figure, the full expression or expansion of an idea, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __B.V ={ὑπόστημα} Refscamp, LXX __B.VI wealth, substance, property,LXX+3rd c.AD+ __B.VI.2 plural, title deeds, documents recording ownership of property, Refs 2nd c.AD+

πληροφορ-ία, ἡ, fullness of assurance, certainty, NT __II assurance given, Refs 4th c.AD+

† בִּטְחָה n.f. trusting Is 30:15 (prob. inf. f. = בֶּטַח Is 32:17).