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kon´fi -dens ( בּטח , bāṭaḥ , and forms, כּסל , keṣel ; παῤῥησία , parrhēsı́a ; πείθω , peı́thō , πεποίθησις , pepoı́thēsis , ὑπόστασις , hupóstasis ): The chief Hebrew word translated "confidence" (bāṭaḥ , and its forms) means, perhaps, radically, "to be open," showing Thus what originated the idea of "confidence"; where there was nothing hidden a person felt safe; it is very frequently rendered "trust." In Psalm 118:8 , Psalm 118:9 we have "It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to put confidence in princes," and in Psalm 65:5 , "O God of our salvation, thou that art the confidence ( mibhṭāḥ ) of all the ends of the earth." Mibhṭāḥ is translated "confidence" in Job 18:14; Job 31:24; Proverbs 21:22 , etc.
Keṣel ("firmness," "stoutness") is rendered "confidence" in Proverbs 3:26 , and kiṣlāh in Job 4:6; peithō ("to persuade") is translated "confidence" in 2 Corinthians 2:3; Galatians 5:10 , etc.; pepoithēsis , in 2 Corinthians 1:15; 2 Corinthians 8:22 , etc.; hupostasis ("what stands under"), in 2 Corinthians 11:17; Hebrews 3:14; 2 Corinthians 9:4; parrhēsia ("out-spokenness," "boldness") is invariably translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "boldness" (Acts 28:31; Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:35; 1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:21; 1 John 5:14 ); tharséo or tharrhéō ("to have good courage") is so translated in the Revised Version (British and American), "being therefore always of good courage" (2 Corinthians 5:6 ); "I am of good courage concerning you" (2 Corinthians 7:16 ), the King James Version "confident" and "confidence."
Revised Version has "confidence" for "hope" (Job 8:14 ); for "assurance" (Isaiah 32:17 ); for "trust" (2 Corinthians 3:4 ); for "same confident boasting" (2 Corinthians 9:4 ); "is confident" for "trusted" (Job 40:23 ); "to have confidence" for "thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust" (Philippians 3:4 ); "confidently" for "constantly" (Acts 12:15 ); "confidently affirm" for "affirm" (1 Timothy 1:7 ); conversely, we have for "his confidence" (Job 18:14 ), "wherein he trusteth," for "with confidence" (Ezekiel 28:26 ) "securely therein."
The Bible teaches the value of confidence ( Isaiah 30:15; Hebrews 10:35 ), but neither in "gold" (Job 31:24 ), nor in man, however great (Psalm 118:8 , Psalm 118:9; Jeremiah 17:5 ), nor in self (Proverbs 14:16; Philippians 3:3 ), but in God (Psalm 65:5; Proverbs 3:26; Proverbs 14:26 ), as revealed in ̄ Christ (Ephesians 3:12; 1 John 5:13 , 1 John 5:14 ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Confidence'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/confidence.html. 1915.
