Faith

Definitions: Faith

Faith

Noun

1. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality".

2. Complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust".

3. Institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him".

4. Loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors".

"Faith" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a faith".

Date "faith" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
19th Century Satire	A mental accomplishment whereby an ear-ache becomes a Symphony Concert, a broken finger a diamond ring and a "touch" an invitation to dine. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Bible	Faith Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil. 1:27; 2 Thess. 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of many degrees up to full assurance of faith, in accordance with the evidence on which it rests. Faith is the result of teaching (Rom. 10:14-17). Knowledge is an essential element in all faith, and is sometimes spoken of as an equivalent to faith (John 10:38; 1 John 2:3). Yet the two are distinguished in this respect, that faith includes in it assent, which is an act of the will in addition to the act of the understanding. Assent to the truth is of the essence of faith, and the ultimate ground on which our assent to any revealed truth rests is the veracity of God. Historical faith is the apprehension of and assent to certain statements which are regarded as mere facts of history. Temporary faith is that state of mind which is awakened in men (e.g., Felix) by the exhibition of the truth and by the influence of religious sympathy, or by what is sometimes styled the common operation of the Holy Spirit. Saving faith is so called because it has eternal life inseparably connected with it. It cannot be better defined than in the words of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism: "Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel." The object of saving faith is the whole revealed Word of God. Faith accepts and believes it as the very truth most sure. But the special act of faith which unites to Christ has as its object the person and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 7:38; Acts 16:31). This is the specific act of faith by which a sinner is justified before God (Rom. 3:22, 25; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 3:9; John 3:16-36; Acts 10:43; 16:31). In this act of faith the believer appropriates and rests on Christ alone as Mediator in all his offices. This assent to or belief in the truth received upon the divine testimony has always associated with it a deep sense of sin, a distinct view of Christ, a consenting will, and a loving heart, together with a reliance on, a trusting in, or resting in Christ. It is that state of mind in which a poor sinner, conscious of his sin, flees from his guilty self to Christ his Saviour, and rolls over the burden of all his sins on him. It consists chiefly, not in the assent given to the testimony of God in his Word, but in embracing with fiducial reliance and trust the one and only Saviour whom God reveals. This trust and reliance is of the essence of faith. By faith the believer directly and immediately appropriates Christ as his own. Faith in its direct act makes Christ ours. It is not a work which God graciously accepts instead of perfect obedience, but is only the hand by which we take hold of the person and work of our Redeemer as the only ground of our salvation. Saving faith is a moral act, as it proceeds from a renewed will, and a renewed will is necessary to believing assent to the truth of God (1 Cor. 2:14; 2 Cor. 4:4). Faith, therefore, has its seat in the moral part of our nature fully as much as in the intellectual. The mind must first be enlightened by divine teaching (John 6:44; Acts 13:48; 2 Cor. 4:6; Eph. 1:17, 18) before it can discern the things of the Spirit. Faith is necessary to our salvation (Mark 16:16), not because there is any merit in it, but simply because it is the sinner's taking the place assigned him by God, his falling in with what God is doing. The warrant or ground of faith is the divine testimony, not the reasonableness of what God says, but the simple fact that he says it. Faith rests immediately on, "Thus saith the Lord." But in order to this faith the veracity, sincerity, and truth of God must be owned and appreciated, together with his unchangeableness. God's word encourages and emboldens the sinner personally to transact with Christ as God's gift, to close with him, embrace him, give himself to Christ, and take Christ as his. That word comes with power, for it is the word of God who has revealed himself in his works, and especially in the cross. God is to be believed for his word's sake, but also for his name's sake. Faith in Christ secures for the believer freedom from condemnation, or justification before God; a participation in the life that is in Christ, the divine life (John 14:19; Rom. 6:4-10; Eph. 4:15,16, etc.); "peace with God" (Rom. 5:1); and sanctification (Acts 26:18; Gal. 5:6; Acts 15:9). All who thus believe in Christ will certainly be saved (John 6:37, 40; 10:27, 28; Rom. 8:1). The faith=the gospel (Acts 6:7; Rom. 1:5; Gal. 1:23; 1 Tim. 3:9; Jude 1:3). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The word faith has various uses; its central meaning is equivalent to "belief", "trust" or "confidence." As such, the object of faith can be either a person (or even an inanimate object or state of affairs) or a proposition (or body of propositions, such as a religious credo).

In religious contexts, "faith" means trust or belief in God (or the gods) of one's religion. It also refers to the belief that one's religious tenets are true.

It is in the latter sense in which one can speak of, for example, "the Catholic faith" or "the Islamic faith."

Often religious believers use the term "faith" in a different way, as the affirmation of belief without an ongoing test of evidence, and even despite evidence apparently to the contrary. Most Jews, Christians and Muslims admit that whatever particular evidence or reason they may possess that God exists and is deserving of trust, is not ultimately the basis for their believing. Thus, in this sense faith refers to belief beyond evidence or logical arguments, sometimes called "implicit faith". This is not to say that religious believers hold that their faith is baseless; many typically hold that there is some evidence and some logic which leads them to believe in God. However, they do not maintain that the evidence and logic themselves are sufficient to constitute proof or to justify the strength of their belief. The believer may believe without expectation of proof, so that if particular evidence is removed, or logic disproven, faith in this sense may nevertheless remain unshaken.

On the other hand, many Jews, Christians and Muslims claim that there is adequate historical evidence of God's existence and interaction with human beings. As such, there is no need for "faith" in God in the sense of belief against or despite evidence; rather, they hold that evidence is sufficient to demonstrate that God certainly exists, and that particular beliefs, concerning who or what God is and why God is to be trusted, are vindicated by evidence and logic. For people in this category, "faith" in God simply means "belief that one has knowledge of God". What is believed concerning God, in this sense, is at least in principle only as reliable as the evidence and the logic by which faith is supported.

Many religious rationalists, as well as non-religious people, criticise implicit faith as being irrational. In this view, belief should be restricted to what is directly supportable by logic or evidence.

There is a wide variety of views about the role of faith in religion. One view, fideism, has it that one ought to believe that God exists, but one should not base that belief on any other beliefs; one should, instead, accept it without any reasons at all. Faith in this sense, grounded simply in the sincerity of faith, belief on the basis of believing, is often associated with Soren Kierkegaard for example, and some other existentialist religious thinkers; his views are presented in Fear and Trembling.

Hebrew Bible

In the Hebrew Bible the Hebrew word emet ("faith") does not mean belief in a dogmatic sense. Rather, it connotes (a) faithfulness (from the passive form "ne'eman" = "trusted" or "trustworthy,") or (b) confidence and trust in God and in God's word.

Judaism

Jewish theology holds that faith in God is highly meritorious, but is not mandatory. While a person should believe in God, what matters most is if that person lives a decent life. Jewish rationalists, such as Maimonides, hold that faith in God, as such, is vastly inferior to coming to accept that God exists through compelling proofs. See the article on Jewish principles of faith for more details on Jewish theology.

New Testament

The word "faith", translated from the Greek πιστις (pi´stis), primarily conveys the thought of confidence, trust, firm persuasion. Depending on the context, the Greek word may also be understood to mean "faithfulness" or "fidelity."-1Th 3:7; Tit 2:10.

Commenting on the function of faith in relation to the covenant of God, the writer of the letter to the Hebrews says, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."(Heb 11:1 ESV). Πιστις, translated "faith" here, commonly appears in ancient papyrus business documents, conveying the idea that a covenant is an exchange of assurances which guarantees the future transfer of possessions described in the contract. In view of this, Moulton and Milligan suggest the rendering: "Faith is the title deed of things hoped for." (Vocabulary of the Greek Testament, 1963, p. 660) Hebrews 11:6 further illustrates the meaning and the practical role of faith: "without faith it is impossible to please [God], for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.".

Summarizing the New Testament concept of faith, it is a reliance upon God's self-revelation, especially in the sense of confidence in the promises and fear of the threats that are written in Scripture. The writers evidently suppose that their concept of faith is rooted in the Hebrew Scriptures.

In addition, the New Testament writers conflate or equate faith in God with belief in Jesus. The Gospel of John is particularly emphatic on this point, having Jesus say, "The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him." (John 5:22, 23). When asked "What must we do to do the works God requires?", the writer has Jesus answering, ""The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." (John 6:28,19)

Protestantism

In the words of the Westminster Shorter Catechism: "Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel." The object of saving faith is the whole revealed Word of God. Faith accepts and believes it as the very truth most sure. But the special act of faith which unites to Christ has as its object the person and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 7:38; Acts 16:31). This is the specific act of faith by which a sinner is justified before God (Rom. 3:22, 25; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 3:9; John 3:16-36; Acts 10:43; 16:31).

[Text adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary ]

Catholicism

Objectively, it stands for the sum of truths revealed by God in Scripture and tradition and which the Church presents to us in a brief form in her creeds, subjectively, faith stands for the habit or virtue by which we assent to those truths.

Faith is a supernatural act

Faith is a supernatural act performed by Divine grace. It is "the act of the intellect assenting to a Divine truth owing to the movement of the will, which is itself moved by the grace of God" (St. Thomas, II-II, Q. iv, a. 2). And just as the light of faith is a gift supernaturally bestowed upon the understanding, so also this Divine grace moving the will is, as its name implies, an equally supernatural and an absolutely gratuitous gift. Neither gift is due to previous study neither of them can be acquired by human efforts, but "Ask and ye shall receive."

Faith not blind

"We believe", says the Vatican Council (III, iii), "that revelation is true, not indeed because the intrinsic truth of the mysteries is clearly seen by the natural light of reason, but because of the authority of God Who reveals them, for He can neither deceive nor be deceived." Thus, with regard to the act of faith which the Christian makes in the Holy Trinity, faith can be described in a syllogistic fashion, thus:
Whatever God reveals is true
but, God has revealed the Holy Trinity, which is a mystery
therefore this mystery is true.
Roman Catholics accept the major premise as being beyond doubt, a presupposition upon which reason is based and thus intrinsically evident to reason; the minor premise is also true because it is declared by the Church, which is held to be infallible in its declarations, and also because, as the Vatican Council says, "in addition to the internal assistance of His Holy Spirit, it has pleased God to give us certain external proofs of His revelation, viz. certain Divine facts, especially miracles and prophecies, for since these latter clearly manifest God's omnipotence and infinite knowledge, they afford most certain proofs of His revelation and are suited to the capacity of all." Hence Thomas Aquinas writes: "A man would not believe unless he saw the things he had to believe, either by the evidence of miracles or of something similar" (II-II:1:4, ad 1). Thomas is here speaking of the motives of credibility, the causes which give rise to belief.

Text adapted from The Catholic Encyclopedia article "Faith"

See also Faith and rationality, Scientific method, Rationalism, Wishful thinking

Faith (album)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Faith is the title of three notable albums: one by the band The Cure, one by Faith Hill and the third by George Michael.

Faith by The Cure

Faith by Faith Hill

Faith by George Michael

Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Faith is a fictional character from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, played by Eliza Dushku.

Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers.

Faith is the third Slayer to appear on Buffy. She came to Sunnydale in season three having been granted her powers due to the death of the previous Slayer, Kendra.

The relationship between Faith and Buffy is a complex one. Originally they fought side by side as allies, but there were always hints of tension and jealousy between them. The relationship deteriorated after Faith accidentally killed a human, and eventually, seemingly with no friends left, Faith joined the forces of Mayor Wilkins, the Big Bad of Season Three.

After mortally wounding Angel with a poison, the only antidote to which was drinking the blood of a Slayer, Buffy hunted Faith down in an attempt to use her as the cure. The resulting fight left Faith in a coma.

She awoke in the middle of Season Four, and used a magical device to swap bodies with Buffy. It was during this period of acting as Buffy, the "good" slayer, that Faith's attitude started to noticeably change for the better.

Later, with Angel's help, Faith came around to a better understanding of who she was, and became more at peace with her place in the world. Faith helped save Angel in Season Four of Angel, and played a huge part in saving the world in Season Seven of Buffy.

External Links

"Slayage" the on-line journal of academic Buffy Studies.
Archived articles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Buffy Stories" links to fanfiction

Faith (Cure album)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Faith is a very Introspective, textural, & hypnotic album by The Cure.

Synonyms: Faith

Synonyms: religion (n), religious belief (n), trust (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Belief	Noun: belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation; (hope); dependence on, reliance on.
Hope	Noun: hope, hopes; desire; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith; (belief); affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance.
Piety	Noun: piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness, holiness; Adjective: saintship; religionism; sanctimony; (assumed piety); reverence; (respect); humility, veneration, devotion; prostration; (worship); grace, unction, edification; sanctity, sanctitude; consecration.
Probity	Noun: probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness; Adjective: honesty, faith; honor; bonne foi, good faith, bona fides; purity, clean hands.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Do you have any faith, sister? (Alien�; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) I mean, psychiatry: it's the latest religion. We decide what's right and wrong. We decide who's crazy or not. I'm in trouble here. I'm losing my faith. (Twelve Monkeys; writing credit: David Webb Peoples) My father is a noble man, but his rule is failing, and our people lose faith. He looks to me to make things right and I would do it. I would see the glory of Gondor restored. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) I find your lack of faith disturbing. (Episode IV: A New Hope; writing credit: George Lucas.) But what I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)
Lyrics	And do you have faith in God above ("American Pie"; performing artist: Don McLean) 'Cause I gotta have faith... ("Faith"; performing artist: George Michael) Have faith in you and the things you do ("We Are Family"; performing artist: Sister Sledge) All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' ("People Get Ready"; performing artist: The Impressions)
Clever	Faith is believing what you know ain't so. (references; author: Mark Twain) Feed you faith, and your doubts will starve to death! (references; author: unknown) Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up. (references; author: unknown) As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing. (references; author: unknown) God tries our faith so that we may try His faithfulness. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Faith (1971) The Adam Faith Show (1961) Have Faith In Our Children (1955) The Shield of Faith (1955) Frontiers of Faith (1951)
Song Titles	Faith (performing artist: George Michael) If I Ever Lose My Faith In You (performing artist: Sting)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World (Frank M. Covey, Jr. Loyola Lectures in Politial Analysis) (reference) Faith the Cow (reference) Cradle & Crucible: History and Faith in the Middle East (reference) The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moon (reference) The Christmas Creche: Treasure of Faith, Art, and Theater (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	At Home With Our Faith (reference) Catholics United For The Faith Membership (reference) Faith (reference) Faith & Family (reference) Faith & Freedom (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Keeping the Faith (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Faith of Our Fathers Christmas (reference) Let's Roll: Together in Unity Faith & Hope (reference) Top 25 Songs of Faith & Freedom 4 Kids (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The three Virtues. : Faith, Hope, Charity.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Benjamin Disraeli	Duty cannot exist without faith.
Christina Rossetti	Obedience is the fruit of faith.
Francois Villon	In this faith I will to live and die.
George Macdonald	The principal part of faith is patience.
Lord Alfred Tennyson	Faith lives in honest doubt.
Martin Luther	Reason is the enemy of faith.
Oneida	Youth without faith is a day without sun.
Oscar Wilde	Skepticism is the beginning of Faith.
Victor Hugo	A library implies an act of faith.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	An oath, moreover, has been taken, as well on our part as on the art of the barons, that all these conditions aforesaid shall be kept in good faith and without evil intent. (reference)
US Constitution	1791	Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. (reference)
The Emancipation Proclamation	1862	"That the executive will on the 1st day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such States shall have participated shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States." (Abraham Lincoln)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	IN FAITH WHEREOF the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	I will not lose faith now. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
John F. Kennedy	1961	The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it--and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. (reference)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.	1963	This is the faith with which I return to the South. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1944)
Roe v. Wade	1973	The District Court correctly refused injunctive, but erred in granting declaratory, relief to Hallford, who alleged no federally protected right not assertable as a defense against the good faith state prosecutions pending against him. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	He was invited on good faith.
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	And to the speaker himself it must surely bring the danger of loss of faith.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	I refuse to prove that I exist, says God "for proves denies faith and without faith I am nothing".
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	This faith, more than anything else, steals the pith and availability out of whatever enterprise he may dream of undertaking.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Moreover, given certain natures, and we admit the possible development of all the beauties of human virtues in a faith different from our own.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	I am a catholic as my father was and his father before him and his father before him again when we gave up our lives rather than sell our faith.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Faith, some certain dregs of conscience are yet within me.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	But how can such courage be, and such faith in their own species?
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling, and spending their lives like serfs.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In discussing these substantive matters with parents, a good faith effort should be made to take into account the values and the social and economic circumstances of the parents in so far as they are relevant to the alternative selected. (references)
Business		In the northeast, however, ethnic Korean Catholics freely practice their faith. (references)
		Due to improved central government finances, lower interest rates, rising asset values and increasing faith in the future, households have reduced their savings. (references)
Civil Liberties	Chile	Instruction is predominantly in the Roman Catholic faith. (references)
	Kenya	Foreign missionary groups of nearly every faith operate in the country. (references)
	Uganda	Prisoners were given the opportunity to pray on the day appropriate to their faith. (references)
Discrimination	Denmark	The law also prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, or faith. (references)
Economic History	Malaysia	The king also is the leader of the Islamic faith in Malaysia. (references)
	Malaysia	Religions: Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, Baha'i faith. (references)
Human Rights	Iran	Adherents of the Baha'i Faith continue to face arbitrary arrest and detention. (references)
	Iran	Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, who resigned as head of the judiciary in August 2000, stated in 1996 that the Baha'i faith is an espionage organization. (references)
	Colombia	Prosecutors reported that potential witnesses in major cases often lacked faith in the Government's ability to protect their anonymity and were thus unwilling to testify, ruining chances for successful prosecutions. (references)
Minorities	Turkey	In January a local imam in Sivas criticized proselytizing by members of the Baha'i faith. (references)
	Laos	A number of Hmong returnees were forced to renounce their Christian faith, and in 2000, the authorities closed one church in a returnee village. (references)
	Bulgaria	There only were a few ethnic Turkish, Pomak, and Romani officers in the military, and an insignificant number of high-ranking officers of the Muslim faith. (references)
Political Economy	TURKEY	After the Ministry of Labor certifies the union as the bargaining agent, the employer must enter good faith negotiations with it. (references)
	BULGARIA	Labor unions have complained that while the legal structure for collective bargaining was adequate, many employers failed to bargain in good faith or to adhere to concluded agreements. (references)
	Brunei	The Sultan also serves as Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Minister of Finance, Chancellor of the national university, Superintendent General of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and leader of the Islamic faith. (references)
Political Rights	Indonesia	The actions of some small party representatives on the General Election Commission (KPU) contributed to a significant delay in validating election results and led to a considerable loss of public faith in the impartiality and integrity of the KPU. (references)
Trade	Mexico	EXIM's insurance carries the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. (references)
	South Africa	Repayment of loans made to the Government of South Africa and its parastatals must be guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the Republic of South Africa. (references)
Travel	Egypt	Take time to learn the culture, and develop an appreciation for the Islamic faith. (references)
Women	Bahrain	Specific rights vary according to Shi'a or Sunni interpretations of Islamic law, as determined by the individual's faith, or by the court in which various contracts, including marriage, have been made. (references)
	Czech Republic	Amendments to the law in 1999 and 2000 explicitly prohibit employment discrimination based on a variety of factors, including sex, race, skin color, sexual orientation, language, faith, health and family status, and repeated offenses are punishable by fines of up to 1 million Czech crowns. (references)
Worker Rights	Nicaragua	To obtain approval, the union must go through a process that requires good faith negotiation with management. (references)
	Guatemala	Despite these efforts, productive, good faith negotiations between employer and worker representatives have been the exception rather than the rule. (references)
	Russia	Employees tend to win their cases if brought to court but many remained reluctant to do so. Most workers do not understand or have faith in the legal structure and fear possible retaliation. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your patience.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Al Hunt	Joe Lieberman, of course, is the first person of Jewish faith to be on a national ticket. You have a very large Arab-American population in your area.
Erin Runnion	I get the support from my family and my faith. I think just trusting that there is purpose in everything and a lesson to be learned and a gift to give. And, so, I'm just trying my darnedest to do that.
James Dobson	Well I have some apprehension about it. It all depends on how the legislation is written. If it begins to, you know, intrude on the practice of the faith, then I would be opposed to it. Certainly, Focus on the Family will not take any government money.
Liza Minnelli	My faith in God and in God through people and I believe that mother Mary watches over me as well as my own mom.
Orrin Hatch	Well, you know, I worry that we're not doing everything we should for the American people. That's our job here. And you know, I have a lot of faith. I just move ahead and keep doing what I have to do. I just count on things working out.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Observe good faith and justice toward all nations.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Among the payments those made in discharge of the principal and interest of the national debt will show that the public faith has been exactly maintained.
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	What America has done has given renewed hope and courage to all who have faith in government by the people.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	I have a deep and abiding faith in the destiny of free men.
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	At such a time in history, we who are free must proclaim anew our faith.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	Through hot wars and cold, through recession and prosperity, through the ages of the atom and outer space, the American people have never faltered and their faith has never flagged.
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	In recent years, that faith has been challenged.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	There are entrepreneurs with faith in themselves and faith in an idea who create new jobs, new wealth and opportunity.
George Bush	1989-1993	Our anchor has always been faith and family.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	We all cherish family and faith, freedom and responsibility.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Faith" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.18% of the time. "Faith" is used about 5,274 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.18%	5,179	1,889
Noun (proper)	1.8%	95	33,629
Unclassified Items	0.02%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	5,274	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "faith" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Faith	First name Female	28,000	484
Faith	Last name	1,000	9,706
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Faith" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a faith".

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "faith".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Faithe	Female	English	A faith
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
The following table summarizes names related to "Faith."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Faith	Female	English	N/A
Faithe	Female	English	Faith
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Faith, NC (town, FIPS 22600)
Location: 35.58806 N, 80.46123 W
Population (1990): 553 (234 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

2. Faith, SD (city, FIPS 20980)
Location: 45.02588 N, 102.03643 W
Population (1990): 548 (249 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 57626
Country: USA

Top

Expressions: Faith

Expressions using "faith": abiding faith ♦ acquisition made in good faith ♦ act in bad faith ♦ act in good faith ♦ Act of faith ♦ article of faith ♦ articles of faith ♦ attack on freedom of faith and freedom of worship ♦ Attic faith ♦ bad faith ♦ baptist faith ♦ breach of faith ♦ break faith ♦ break faith with smb. ♦ break one's faith ♦ confess the christian faith ♦ confession of faith ♦ convert smb. to one's faith ♦ convert to another faith ♦ declaration of faith ♦ deprive of faith ♦ doctrine of faith ♦ Faith cure ♦ faith healer ♦ faith healing ♦ faith in god ♦ faith supposition ♦ good faith ♦ have a lot of faith ♦ have faith ♦ have faith in ♦ have faith in smb. ♦ have no faith in ♦ I' faith ♦ implicit faith ♦ in bad faith ♦ in good faith ♦ infraction of faith ♦ keep faith ♦ keep faith with ♦ keep one's faith ♦ keep the faith ♦ lose faith ♦ lose one's faith in ♦ matter of faith ♦ of the true faith ♦ on faith ♦ pin one's faith on ♦ pin one's faith on smth. ♦ pin ones faith on to ♦ pin one's faith to ♦ pin one's faith upon ♦ pledge one's faith ♦ plight faith ♦ plight of faith ♦ plight one's faith ♦ plighted faith ♦ profession of faith ♦ proportion of faith ♦ punic faith ♦ put a lot of faith ♦ put faith in ♦ reformed faith ♦ shake one's faith ♦ shake smb.'s faith ♦ stagger one's faith ♦ the christian faith ♦ To pin one's faith upon ♦ To walk by faith ♦ true faith ♦ utmost good faith ♦ want of faith. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "faith": faith-and-credit, faith-assumptions, faith-building, faith-centred, faith-community, faith-do, faith-healer, faith-healers, faith-healing, faith-hungry, faith-in-grass, faith-non-faith, faith-sharing.
	Ending with "faith": good-faith, inter-faith, multi-faith.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Faith

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
faith hill	6,765
faith	2,020
faith evans	1,089
woman of faith	694
faith no more	574
faith hill lyrics	501
leap of faith	434
faith hill picture	276
faith hill nude	238
blind faith	133
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Modern Translations: Faith

Language		Translations for "faith"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		vertroue (confidence, trust). (various references)

Albanian		fe (belief, denomination, religion), premtim (carrot, commitment, engagement, parole, pledge, plight, promise, seal, undertaking, word), mirëbesim (confidence, credit), betim (attestation, oath, sacrament, swear, vow), besnikëri (adherence, allegiance, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty), besim (belief, confidence, credence, credit, credo, creed, denomination, dependence, dogma, doxy, expectation, hope, reliance, religion, trust), besë (Fay, trust). (various references)

Arabic		‏معتقد (belief, doctrine, persuasion, tenet), ‏مذهب (belief, bossy, doctrine, gilded, gilt, ideology, school, teaching), ‏وفاء بالوعد, ‏ولاء (allegiance, fidelity, loyalty, obeisance), ‏إيمان عقيدة, ‏إيمان (belief, confidence, credence, true religion), ‏إعتقاد (feeling, opinion), ‏ثقة تامة, ‏ثقة (assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, credit, positivism, reliable, reliance, sureness, surety, trust), ‏دين ديانة (belief), ‏دين (credit, cult, debit, debt, due, judgement, leash, loan, persuasion, religion, score). (various references)

Bulgarian		религия (cult, religion), честност (fair dealing, fairness, faithfulness, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, loyalty, probity, rectitude, sportsmanship, straightforwardness, straightness, truth), вярност (adherence, adhesion, allegiance, constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, justness, loyalty, troth), вяра (belief, confidence, credence, credit, dependence, doctrine, religion, trust), обещание (assurance, engagement, pledge, promise, undertaking, word), опора (abut, anchor, anchorage, backlog, bearer, bulwark, buttress, column, cradle, crutch, dependence, foothold, holder, jamb, lodgement, lodgment, mainstay, palladium, pillar, prop, purchase, rampart, rest, rock, roothold, sinews, staff, stand by, stay, stock, stronghold, support, tower, underpinning), искреност (devoutness, genuineness, inwardness, sincerity, singleness, truth, unreserve), дума (vocable, word), доверие (belief, confidence, credence, credit, dependence, reliance, security, trust), дадена дума. (various references)

Chinese		信念 (belief, conviction). (various references)

Czech		víra (belief, credence, credit, denomination, trust), dùvìra (belief, confidence, credit, reliance, trust). (various references)

Danish		tillid (confidence, trust). (various references)

Dutch		vertrouwen (confide, confidence, entrust, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, rely, trust), geloof (belief, belief measure, believe, confidence, religion, trust), fiducie (confidence, trust). (various references)

Esperanto		fido (confidence, trust). (various references)

Faeroese		álit (confidence, trust). (various references)

Farsi		پیمان (Accord, Act, Agreement, Avow, Compact, Compaction, Concord, Contract, Covenant, Hand, League, Oath, Pact, Promise, Testament, Treaty, Troth, Vow), کیش (Creed, Religion), عقیده (Advice, Belief, Concept, Credo, Creed, Doctrine, Impression, Ism, Opinion, Tenet, Thought, View, Viewpoint), ایمان (Belief, Credo, Trust), اعتقاد (Belief, Confidence, Credence, Ism, Trust), دین (Debt, Liability, Religion). (various references)

Finnish		usko (belief, belief measure). (various references)

French		foi. (various references)

Frisian		fidúsje (confidence, trust), fertrouwen (confidence, trust). (various references)

German		vertrauen (assurance, confide, confidence, dependence, have faith, have faith in, reliance, rely, to confide, to rely, to trust, trust, trustfulness), zuversicht (certainty, confidence, trust). (various references)

Greek		πίστη (allegiance, belief, conviction, credence, credit, credo, creed, loyalty, loyalty to, trust, trustfulness). (various references)

Hebrew		מבטח (confidence, reliance, security, trust), אמון (belief, confidence, faithful, fidelity, trained, trust), אמו� �" (belief, confidence, devotion, persuasion, religion, tenet, trust), �"אמ� �" (accreditaion, confirmation), �"ת (denomination, edict, religion), בטחון (assurance, confidence, defence, safety, security, trust). (various references)

Hungarian		hit (affiance, belief, conviction, creed, persuasion, religion, troth). (various references)

Icelandic		traust (confidence, trust). (various references)

Indonesian		itikad (belief, conviction), iman (balance, morale, spiritual mainstay, trust), bakti (filial piety, homage, service, staunch), akidah (believe). (various references)

Italian		fede (belief, confidence, credence, trust, wedding ring), fiducia (account receivable, assurance, confidence, credit, debt, debt receivable, debtor, demand, dependence, dependency, loan claim, reliability, reliance, trust). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� (confidence, devotion, fidelity, reliance, sincerity, trust, truth), �"� (chastity, fidelity, honour), 実 (confidence, content, devotion, essence, fidelity, fruit, good result, kindness, nut, reality, reliance, seed, sincerity, substance, trust, truth), 念力 (will power), 信義 (fidelity, loyalty), 信�"� (belief, confidence, credence, credit, dependence, reliance), 信教 (religious belief), 信奉 (belief), 信仰 (belief, creed), 信心 (belief, devotion, godliness), 信念 (belief, conviction), 信 (confidence, devotion, fidelity, reliance, sincerity, trust, truth). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		し�"ぎ (authenticity, belief or doubt, deliberation, divine or supernatural skill, fidelity, loyalty, spirit and technique, true meaning, truth or error), し�"きょう (creed, divine mirror, improvement, mental state, progress, Protestantism, religious belief, sacred bridge, sacred mirror), し�"ね�" (belief, conviction, New Year), し�"ぽう (belief, new law, new method, news, sacred treasure), し�"�"う (advance, attack, belief, benevolence, close friendship, creed, dead of night, deep crimson, deep plowing, developing, emergent, encouragement, friendship, giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence, good fellowship, intimacy, invasion, lecturing to the emperor, middle of the night, midnight, paying tribute, pickled vegetables, pickles, promotion, rising, sailing on, sincere), ね�"りき (will power), し�"よう (belief, confidence, credence, credit, dependence, reliance), し�"じ�" (belief, careful, devotion, godlike person, godliness, gods and men, mature, new face, newcomer, profound, true man), し�" (8th in rank, Buddhist sect originating in the thirteenth century, confidence, core, devotion, eighth sign of the Chinese calendar, fidelity, genuineness, heart, marrow, new, reality, reliance, sincerity, trust, truth, wick), ま�"と (confidence, devotion, fidelity, reliance, sincerity, trust, truth), じつ (essence, fidelity, kindness, reality, sincerity, substance, truth), みさお (chastity, fidelity, honour). (various references)

Korean		믿음 (Believing). (various references)

Manx		ynrickys (correctness, directness, downrightness, faithfulness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, integration, probity, sincerity, straightforwardness, straightness, trustiness, truth, truthfulness), jeelysaght (devotion, faithfulness, staunchness, steadfastness), credjue (belief, confessional, conviction, creed, denomination, religion). (various references)

Norwegian		tillit (confidence, trust). (various references)

Papiamen		fe (belief, confidence, trust). (various references)

Pig Latin		aithfay.(various references)

Portuguese		fé (affiance, belief, confidence, Fay, religion, trust). (various references)

Romanian		fidelitate (attachment, constancy, exactness, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, reality, retentiveness, staunchness, tenacity, troth), sinceritate (bluntness, candidness, candor, candour, directness, fairness, frankness, genuineness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, rectitude, roundness, sincerity, truth, unreserve), religie (religion), promitere solemnã, promisiune (engagement, promise, undertaking, word), loialitate (fairness, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, honesty, loyalty, sincerity, sportsmanship, uprightness), garanţie (assurance, bail, bailment, earnest, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, indemnification, liability, lien, pledge, recognizance, security, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, token, warrant), credinţã (allegiance, belief, communion, confession, confidence, constancy, conviction, creed, denomination, faithfulness, fidelity, hope, illusion, loyalty, persuasion, religion, standpoint, trust), cinste (appreciation, ceremony, chastity, consideration, credit, crown, esteem, fairness, faithfulness, fame, Favor, favour, fealty, gift, glory, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, morality, probity, repute, respect, straight, treat, truth, uprightness, virtue), asigurare (assurance, ensuring, indemnity, insurance, provision, reassurance), încredere (affiance, belief, confidence, credit, dependence, reliability, reliance, reposal, security, trust). (various references)

Russian		вера (belief, credence, creed, doctrine, trust, vera). (various references)

Scottish		aidmheil (confession, religion). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vera (affiance, belief, credence, creed, persuasion, religion, trust), poverenje (affiance, confidence, reliance, trust), pouzdanje (assertiveness, reliance, self confidence). (various references)

Spanish		fe (belief, caress, confession, confidence, conviction, credence, creed, fidelity, format effector, formulation, Forza Europa Group, guarantee, hope, inspiration, layout character, light). (various references)

Sranan		furtrow (have faith, have faith in, trust). (various references)

Swedish		tro (account, accredit, belief, believe, confide, credit, deem, fancy, guess, imagine, keep faith, persuasion, reckon, suppose, supposition, take, think, troth, trust), tillit (confidence, dependence, trust), religion (divinity, religion), lära (doctrine, educate, instruct, learn, learning, science, teach, teaching), förtroende (confidence, reliance, trust). (various references)

Thai		ไม่ไว้วางใจใน (lose belief in, lose confidence in, lose faith in). (various references)

Turkish		vâât (assurance, commitment, pledge, plight, promise, undertaking, word), sadakât (allegiance, constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, obedience, singleness, troth, trueness, trustiness, truth), söz (assurance, commitment, committal, engagement, expression, pledge, plight, promise, say, saying, sentence, spiel, statement, talk, term, upon my word, verbalism, vocable, voice, word, wordy), niyet (aim, contemplation, counsel, design, determination, idea, intent, intention, plan, pulse, purpose, resolution, resolve, scope, sense, thought, will), inanç (affiance, belief, confidence, conscience, conviction, credence, credo, creed, cult, dogma, faithfulness, opinion, opinions, persuasion, positiveness, reliance, religion, tenet), iman (belief, credo, creed, faithfulness, religion), güven (affiance, assurance, belief, confidence, credence, credit, dependance, dependence, positiveness, reliance, sureness, trust), din (dyne, persuasion, religion, religious), bağlılık (adherence, adhesion, allegiance, attachment, cementation, cohesion, cohesiveness, constancy, correlation, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, homage, interdependence, interdependency, loyalty, obedience, singleness, subordination, troth). (various references)

Ukranian		релігія (religion), кредо (credo, creed), вірність (adherence, adhesion, allegiance, attachment, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, validity), віра (belief, credence, credit), обіцянка (affiance, parole, promise, troth, word), переконання (belief, conviction, credo, creed, dogma, notion, opinion, overpersuasion, persuasion, tenet), довір'я (affiance, confidence, credit, dependence, reliance, tick, trust). (various references)

Vietnamese		vật bảo đảm lời hứa, sự tin tưởng (policy, trust), sự tin cậy niềm tin vật l� m tin, sự lật lọng, sự lừa đảo (bunco, cross, deceifulness, deceit, gyp, imposture, rig, swindle), lòng trung thực sự lừa lọc, lòng trung th� nh (faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty), lời cam kết sự trung th� nh. (various references)

Welsh		ffydd (confidence, trust). (various references)

Zulu		-ethemba (account, accredit, believe, confide, deem, entrust, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, hope, trust). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top

Ancestral Language Translations: Faith

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	zid. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	fides. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	daenyå. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	ge-leafa, treow. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top

Bible Trace: Faith

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 9, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	O de ihsouV eipen autw to ei dunasai pisteusai panta dunata tw pisteuonti
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et continuo exclamans pater pueri cum lacrimis aiebat credo adiuva incredulitatem meam
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða cwæð se hælend. gyf þu ge-lyfenmiht ealle þing sende ge-lyfenden mihtilice.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And anoon the fadir of the child criede with teeris, and seide, Lord, Y bileue; Lord, helpe thou myn vnbileue.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And Iesus sayde vnto him: ye yf thou couldest beleve all thinges are possible to him yt belevith.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Jesus said to him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Jesus said to him, If you are able! All things are possible to him who has faith.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Matched Bible Translations: Faith

Language	Mark Chapter 9, Verse 23
Bulgarian	А Исус му рече: Ако можеш повярва! �'сичко е възможно за този, който вярва.
Cebuano	Si Jesus miingon kaniya, "Kon arang mahimo! Ang tanang butang mahimo ngadto sa magatoo."
Chinese	耶穌對他說、 � 若能信、在信的人、凡事都能。
Croatian	Nato mu Isus reèe: "� to? Ako možeš? Sve je moguæe onomu koji vjeruje!"
Danish	Men Jesus sagde til ham: "Om du formår! Alle Ting ere mulige for den, som tror."
Dutch	En Jezus zeide tot hem: Zo gij kunt geloven, alle dingen zijn mogelijk dengene, die gelooft.
Finnish	Niin Jeesus sanoi hänelle: "`Jos voit!` Kaikki on mahdollista sille, joka uskoo".
French	Jésus lui dit: Si tu peux!... Tout est possible � celui qui croit.
Gaelic	Is thuirt Iosa ris: Ma `s urrainn dhut creidsinn! is comasach a h-uile ni don chreideach.
German	Jesus aber sprach zu ihm: Wenn du könntest Glauben! Alle Dinge sind möglich dem, der da glaubt.
Haitian Creole	Jezi di li: -Si m' kapab menm! ...Tout bagay posib wi pou moun ki met konfyans yo nan Bondye.
Hungarian	Jézus pedig monda néki: Ha hiheted azt, minden lehetséges a hívõnek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	"Apa katamu? Kalau Bapak dapat?" jawab Yesus. "Segalanya dapat, asal orang percaya!"
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi sahut Yesus kepadanya, "Bagaimana: Kalau boleh? Segala perkara boleh jadi bagi orang yang percaya."
Italian	Gesù gli disse: «Se tu puoi! Tutto è possibile per chi crede».
Korean	예 수 께 서 이 르 시 되 ` � 수 있 거 �" 이 무 슨 말 이 냐 ? 믿 �" 자 에 게 �" 능 치 못 � 일 이 없 느 니 라 !' 하 시 니
Latvian	Un tûdaï zçna tçvs iesaucâs un raudâdams sacîja: Es ticu, Kungs, palîdzi manai neticîbai!
Maori	Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Ki te taea e koe te whakapono, ka taea nga mea katoa e te tangata whakapono.
Modern Greek	Ο δε Ιησους ειπε προς αυτον· Το εαν δυνασαι να πιστευσης, παντα ειναι δυνατα εις τον πιστευοντα.
Norwegian	Men Jesus sa til ham: Om jeg formår? - Alt er mulig for den som tror.
Portuguese	Ao que lhe disse Jesus: Se podes! - tudo é possível ao que crê.
Rumanian	Isus a rqspuns: ,,Tu zici: ,Dacq poyi!`... Toate lucrurile sknt cu putinyq celui ce crede!``
Russian	йЙУХУ УЛБЪБМ ЕНХ: ЕУМЙ УЛПМШЛП-ОЙ�'Х�"Ш НПЦЕЫШ ЧЕТПЧБФШ, ЧУЈ ЧПЪНПЦОП ЧЕТХАЭЕНХ.
Shuar	Tutai Jesus chicharuk "¿Urukamtai, yaintrukminiaitkiumka, tame? Nekaata, shuar Winia nekas Enentáimturna nu Ashí Túramniaiti" Tímiayi.
Spanish	Jesús le dijo: --¿"Si puedes..."? ¡Al que cree todo le es posible!
Swahili	Yesu akamwambia, "Eti ikiwa waweza! Mambo yote yanawezekana kwa mtu aliye na imani."
Swedish	Då sade Jesus till honom: "Om jag förmår, säger du. Allt förmår den som tror."
Thai	พระเยซูจึงตรัสแก่บิ�"านั้นว่า "ถ้าท่านเชื่อไ�"้ ใครเชื่อก็ทำให้ไ�"้ทุกสิ่ง"
Ukrainian	Ісус же йому відказав: Щодо того твого коли можеш, то тому, хто віру�", все можливе!
Uma	Na'uli' Yesus: "Napa pai' nu'uli' `ane ma'ala-e?' Hawe'ea ma'ala jadi' hi tauna to mepangala'."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Derivations & Misspellings: Faith

Derivations
	Words beginning with "faith": faithed, faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, faithfulnesses, faithfuls, faithing, faithless, faithlessly, faithlessness, faithlessnesses, faiths. (additional references)
	Words ending with "faith": interfaith, misfaith, unfaith. (additional references)
	Words containing "faith": misfaiths, unfaithful, unfaithfully, unfaithfulness, unfaithfulnesses, unfaiths. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Faith" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afit, Aith, baith, Caith, faih, failth, fairt, faita, faite, falth, fanth, farit, farth, fasit, fatah, fath, Fathy, Fati, Fatih, fayth, feath, feigh, Fekih, feth, fetiah, Fiaich, Fialho, fiata, fiath, finth, fith, flith, fuath, Gaith, haith, naith, raith. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top

Rhyming with "Faith"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "faith" (pronounced fā"th)
3	f ā" th	interfaith.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Top

Anagrams: Faith

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-h-i-t"
	-1 letter: fiat, haft.
	-2 letters: aft, ait, fat, fit, hat, hit.
	-3 letters: ah, ai, at, fa, ha, hi, if, it, ta, ti.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-h-i-t"
	+1 letter: faiths, haffit.
	+2 letters: batfish, catfish, faithed, fattish, haffits, hafting, ratfish, unfaith.
	+3 letters: affright, catfight, dayshift, faintish, faithful, faithing, fanlight, farthing, fishtail, flatfish, flattish, goatfish, halftime, misfaith, shafting, starfish, toadfish, unfaiths.
	+4 letters: affrights, antitheft, batfishes, catfights, catfishes, chaffiest, chairlift, chieftain, dayshifts, faithfuls, faithless, fanlights, farthings, fathering, fathoming, firsthand, fishplate, fishtails, flashiest, forsythia, gearshift, halftimes, headfirst, hifalutin, lightface, lightfast, makeshift, misfaiths, nightfall, platyfish, ratfishes, safelight, shaftings, shiftable, threadfin, whiteface.
	+5 letters: affrighted, afterbirth, airfreight, catchflies, chairlifts, chieftains, driveshaft, factorship, faithfully, famishment, farsighted, fatherlike, featherier, feathering, fianchetti, fianchetto, fishplates, fishtailed, flashlight, flatfishes, forsythias, frameshift, fraughting, freightage, gearshifts, goatfishes, guitarfish, handicraft, hardfisted, interfaith, lightfaced, lightfaces, makeshifts, multiflash, nightfalls, pathfinder, pinfeather, safelights, starfishes, threadfins, toadfishes, ultrafiche, unfaithful, whitefaces, witchcraft.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.