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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.

Greek

4103. pistos -- faithful, reliable
... faithful, reliable. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: pistos Phonetic Spelling:
(pis-tos') Short Definition: trustworthy, faithful, believing Definition ...
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804. asphales -- certain, secure
... certain, secure. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: asphales Phonetic Spelling:
(as-fal-ace') Short Definition: safe, reliable, trustworthy Definition ...
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950. bebaioo -- to confirm, secure
... guarantee. Cognate: 950 -- properly, to walk where it is solid (reliable,
guaranteed); hence, make (fully reliable). See 949 (). ...
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4229. pragma -- a deed, a matter
... Cognate: 4229 (from 4238 , "accomplishing by ") -- properly, the needed to accomplish
what is , ie in a practical, reliable way. See 4231 (). ...
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1322. didache -- doctrine, teaching
... Cognate: 1322 (from 1321 , "to teach") -- established , especially a "summarized"
body of respected teaching (viewed as reliable, time-honored). ...
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1108. gnosis -- a knowing, knowledge
... relationship. See 1097 (). 1108 ("applied-knowledge") is only as accurate
(reliable) as the relationship it derives from. For example ...
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Topical Bible Verses

John 8:26
I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
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Strong's Hebrew

3559. kun -- to be firm
... 1), ordained (1), ordered (1), place (1), prepare (21), prepared (37), prepares
(5), provide (1), provided (5), provides (1), ready (7), reliable (1), rested (1 ...
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539. aman -- to confirm, support
... assurance (1), have faith (1), have...assurance (1), last (1), lasting (1), nurse
(3), put your trust (2), puts...trust (2), reared (1), reliable (1), stand ...
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Library

Introduction
... On the other hand, since sources were, , no doubt, available and reliable, we see
no reason why Moses should not have used all available material and, being ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/introduction.htm

Authenticity and Credibility of the Gospel Narratives.
... be found who, admitting their apostolic origin in essentially their present form,
will venture to deny that they contain an authentic and reliable record of ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter iv authenticity and credibility.htm

Chapter iv
... Having cast off the only reliable account of man's first deeds and achievements,
practically all writers of the present then proceed to draw very largely upon ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter iv.htm

Character of the New Testament.
... In these inspired writings we have, not indeed an equivalent, but a reliable substitute
for the personal presence and the oral instruction of Christ and his ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 76 character of the.htm

'The God of the Amen'
... Amen.'. I. Note the meaning of the name. Now, Amen is an adjective, which
means literally firm, true, reliable, or the like. And, as ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the god of the amen.htm

The Pupils of Origen.
... [2020] Our sources for a knowledge of the life of Gregory, who is known as Gregory
Thaumaturgus ("wonder-worker"), are numerous, but not all of them reliable. ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxx the pupils of origen.htm

The Use of Philosophy to the Gnostic.
... arrogantly boast, or from others like them. But human teachers, speaking
of God, are not reliable, as men. For he that is man cannot ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xviii the use of philosophy.htm

Books on Introduction, Bible Dictionaries and Related Works.
... Able and reliable works of a Presbyterian scholar. EDWARDS TC, Commentary on
I Corinthians, 3d edit. London 1897. ... Very able and reliable. ...
/.../drummond/introduction to the new testament/i books on introduction bible.htm

Chapter x
... Consequently, we must regard this document as a true and reliable testimony to the
unity of the human race as well as of the development of the race from the ...
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Luke.
... Post-apostolic tradition, always far below the healthy and certain tone of the New
Testament, mostly vague and often contradictory, never reliable, adds that ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 82 luke.htm

Thesaurus

Reliable (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Reliable (8 Occurrences). ... (See NAS). Proverbs 22:21 To
teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? ...
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Separate (115 Occurrences)
... In the West, where Origen was viewed with suspicion, the Acts of Paul were apparently
discredited, the only use of them as a reliable source being found in ...
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Unreliable (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.
Multi-Version Concordance Unreliable (2 Occurrences). Psalms ...
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Reliance (6 Occurrences)

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Numbers (136 Occurrences)
... was accurate, and who besides had been commanded by God to write the journeyings
of Israel (Numbers 33:2). To suppose that for 500 years no reliable record of ...
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Virgin (62 Occurrences)
... do not rest upon the testimony of the same eyewitnesses who stand for the ministry
of Jesus does not discredit them as embodying reliable tradition, unless it ...
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General (9 Occurrences)
... historical reminiscence. But it must be confessed that the signs of the
presence of reliable traditions are very scanty. The few ...
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Birth (357 Occurrences)
... do not rest upon the testimony of the same eyewitnesses who stand for the ministry
of Jesus does not discredit them as embodying reliable tradition, unless it ...
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Naomi (25 Occurrences)
... But 1 Maccabees 1;, which is more reliable, gives a different account of the death
of Epiphanes after an attempt to rob a rich temple in Elymais. ...
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Nanaea
... But 1 Maccabees 1;, which is more reliable, gives a different account of the death
of Epiphanes after an attempt to rob a rich temple in Elymais. ...
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Bible Concordance

Reliable (8 Occurrences)

John 8:26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."
(See NIV)

2 Timothy 2:2 The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 29:6 And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, 'Jehovah liveth, surely thou 'art' upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;
(See NIV)

Nehemiah 13:13 I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
(See NAS)

Psalms 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 22:21 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 8:2 And take true witnesses to the writing, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah.
(See RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 2:21 But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Reliable

Related Terms

Separate (115 Occurrences)

Unreliable (2 Occurrences)

Reliance (6 Occurrences)

Numbers (136 Occurrences)

Virgin (62 Occurrences)

General (9 Occurrences)

Birth (357 Occurrences)

Naomi (25 Occurrences)

Nanaea