Hebrews 11:1
Strong's Lexicon
Now
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

faith
πίστις (pistis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

is
Ἔστιν (Estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[the] assurance
ὑπόστασις (hypostasis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5287: From a compound of hupo and histemi; a setting under, i.e. concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance.

of what [we] hope for
ἐλπιζομένων (elpizomenōn)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1679: To hope, hope for, expect, trust. From elpis; to expect or confide.

[and the] certainty
ἔλεγχος (elenchos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1650: A proof, possibly: a persuasion; reproof. From elegcho; proof, conviction.

of what
πραγμάτων (pragmatōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4229: A thing done, a deed, action; a matter, an affair. From prasso; a deed; by implication, an affair; by extension, an object.

we do not see.
βλεπομένων (blepomenōn)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 991: (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Young's Literal Translation
And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.

New American Standard Bible
Now faith is the assurance of [things] hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

King James Bible
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

New Living Translation
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.

English Standard Version
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

New American Standard Bible
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

King James Bible
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.

International Standard Version
Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.

NET Bible
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

American Standard Version
Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

English Revised Version
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things not seen.

Young's Literal Translation
And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,
















Cross References
Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

2 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 5:7
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Hebrews 3:14
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Hebrews 11:27
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Hebrews 1:1
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Hebrews 10:37
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
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