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Definition: Faithful |
FaithfulAdjective1. Steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor". 2. Marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts". 3. Not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife". Noun1. Any loyal and steadfast following. 2. A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "faithful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Faithful as a designation of Christians, means full of faith, trustful, and not simply trustworthy (Acts 10:45; 16:1; 2 Cor. 6:15; Col. 1:2; 1 Tim. 4:3, 12; 5:16; 6:2; Titus 1:6; Eph. 1:1; 1 Cor. 4:17, etc.). It is used also of God's word or covenant as true and to be trusted (Ps. 119:86, 138; Isa. 25:1; 1 Tim. 1:15; Rev. 21:5; 22:6, etc.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Faithful in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, is seized at Vanity Fair, burnt to death, and taken to heaven in a chariot of fire. A Puritan used to be called Brother Faithful. The abiding disciples of any cult are called the faithful. Jacob Faithful. The hero of Captain Marryat's novel so called. Father of the faithful. Abraham (Rom. iv.; Gal. iii. 6-9). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | FAITHFUL. One of the faithful; a taylor who gives long credit. His faith has made him unwhole; i.e. trusting too much, broke him. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In mathematics, groups are often used to describe symmetries of objects. This is formalized by the notion of a group action: every element of the group "acts" like a bijective map (or "symmetry") on some set. In this case, the group is also called a transformation group of the set.
Definition
If G is a group and X is a set, then a (left) group action of G on X is a binary function G × X -> X (where the image of g in G and x in X is written as g.x) which satisfies the following two axioms:
From these two axioms, it follows that for every g in G, the function which maps x in X to g.x is a bijective map from X to X. Therefore, one may alternatively and equivalently define a group action of G on X as a group homomorphism G -> Sym(X), where Sym(X) denotes the group of all bijective maps from X to X.
- g.(h.x) = (gh).x for all g, h in G and x in X.
- e.x = x for every x in X; here e denotes the identity element of G.
If a group action G × X -> X is given, we also say that G acts on the set X or X is a G-set.
In complete analogy, one can define a right group action of G on X as a function X × G -> X by the two axioms (x.g).h = x.(gh) and x.e = x. In the sequel, we consider only left group actions.
Examples
- Every group G acts on G in two natural ways: g.x = (gx) for all x in G, or g.x = (gxg -1) for all x in G.
- The symmetric group Sn and its subgroups act on the set { 1, ... , n } by permutating its elements.
- The symmetry group of a polyhedron acts on the set of vertices of that polyhedron.
- The symmetry group of any geometrical object acts on the set of points of that object.
- The automorphism group of a vector space (or graph, or group, or ring...) acts on the vector space (or set of vertices of the graph, or group, or ring...).
- The Lie groups Gl(n,R), SL(n,R) and O(n,R) act on Rn.
- The Galois group of a field extension E/F acts on the bigger field E. So does every subgroup of the Galois group.
- The additive group of the real numbers (R, +) acts on the phase space of "well-behaved" systems in classical mechanics (and in more general dynamical systems): if t is in R and x is in the phase space, then x describes a state of the system, and t.x is defined to be the state of the system t seconds later if t is positive or -t seconds ago if t is negative.
Types of actions
The action of G on X is called
Every free action on a non-empty set is faithful. A group G that acts faithfully on a set X is isomorphic to a permutation group on X. An action is regular if and only if it is transitive and free.
- transitive if for any two x, y in X there exists an g in G such that g.x = y;
- simply transitive if for any two x, y in X there exists precisely one g in G such that g.x = y.
- faithful (or effective) if for any two different g, h in G there exists an x in X such that g.x ≠ h.x;
- free if for any two different g, h in G and all x in X we have g.x ≠ h.x;
Orbits and stabilizers
If we define N = {g in G : g.x = x for all x in X}, then N is a normal subgroup of G and the factor group G/N acts faithfully on X by setting (gN).x = g.x. The action of G on X is faithful if and only if N = {e}.
If Y is a subset of X, we write GY for the set { g.y : y in Y and g in G}. We call the subset Y invariant under G if GY = Y (which is equivalent to GY ⊆ Y). In that case, G also operates on Y. The subset Y is called fixed under G if g.y = y for all g in G and all y in Y. Every subset that's fixed under G is also invariant under G, but not vice versa.
Any operation of G on X defines an equivalence relation on X: two elements x and y are called equivalent if there exists a g in G with g.x = y. The equivalence class of x under this equivalence relation is given by the set Gx = { g.x : g in G } which is also called the orbit of x. The elements x and y are equivalent if and only if their orbits are the same: Gx = Gy. Every orbit is an invariant subset of X on which G acts transitively. The action of G on X is transitive if and only if all elements are equivalent, meaning that there is only one orbit. The set of all orbits is written as X/G.
For every x in X, we define Gx = { g in G : g.x = x }. This is a subgroup of G, and it is called the stabilizer of x or isotropy subgroup at x. The action of G on X is free if and only if all stabilizers consist only of the identity element.
There is a natural bijection between the set of all left cosets of the subgroup Gx and the orbit of x, given by hGx |-> h.x. Therefore, |Gx| = [G : Gx], and so
This result, known as the orbit-stabilizer theorem, is especially useful if G and X are finite, because then it can be employed for counting arguments. A related result is Burnside's lemma:
where r is the number of orbits, and Xg is the set of points fixed by g. This result too is mainly of use when G and X are finite, when it can be interpreted as follows: the number of orbits is equal to the average number of points fixed per group element.
Morphisms and isomorphisms between G-sets
If X and Y are two G-sets, we define a morphism from X to Y to be a function f : X -> Y such that f(g.x) = g.f(x) for all g in G and all x in X. If such a function f is bijective, then its inverse is also a morphism, and we call f an isomorphism and the two G-sets X and Y are called isomorphic; for all practical purposes, they are indistinguishable in this case.
Some example isomorphisms:
With this notion of morphism, the collection of all G-sets forms a category; this category is a topos.
- Every regular G action is isomorphic to the action of G on G given by left multiplication.
- Every free G action is isomorphic to G×S, where S is some set and G acts by left multiplication on the first coordinate.
- Every transitive G action is isomorphic to left multiplication by G on the set of left cosets of some subgroup H of G.
Generalizations
One often considers continuous group actions: the group G is a topological group, X is a topological space, and the map G × X → X is continuous with respect to the product topology of G × X. The space X is also called a G-space in this case. This is indeed a generalization, since every group can be considered a topological group by using the discrete topology. All the concepts introduced above still work in this context, however we define morphisms between G-spaces to be continuous maps compatible with the action of G. The above statements about isomorphisms for regular, free and transitive actions are no longer valid for continuous group actions.
One can also consider actions of monoids on sets, by using the same two axioms as above. This does not define bijective maps and equivalence relations however.
Instead of actions on sets, one can define actions of groups and monoids on objects of an arbitrary category: start with an object X of some category, and then define an action on X as a monoid homomorphism into the monoid of endomorphisms of X. If X has an underlying set, then all definitions and facts stated above can be carried over. For example, if we take the category of vector spaces, we obtain group representations in this fashion.
One can view a group G as a category with a single object in which every morphism is invertible. A group action is then nothing but a functor from G to the category of sets, and a group representation is a functor from G to the category of vector spaces. In analogy, an action of a groupoid is a functor from the groupoid to the category of sets or to some other category.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Group action."
Synonyms: FaithfulSynonyms: close (adj), congregation (n), fold (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unfaithful (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Copy | Adjective: faithful; lifelike; (similar); close, conscientious. |
Memory | Retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection; perfect memory, total recall. |
Obedience | Adjective: obedient; complying, compliant; loyal, faithful, devoted; at one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and call; under beck and call, under control. |
Observance | Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office. |
Adjective: observant, faithful, true, loyal; honorable; true as the dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole; punctual, punctilious; literal; (exact); as good as one's word. | |
Orthodoxy | Adjective: orthodox, sound, strick, faithful, catholic, schismless, Christian, evangelical, scriptural, divine, monotheistic; true. |
Piety | Believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic. |
Probity | Constant, constant as the northern star; faithful, loyal, staunch; true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole; "marble-constant"; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy; as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible. |
Similarity | Parallel; simile; type; (metaphor); image; (representation); photograph; close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance. |
Exact; (true); lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like. | |
Truth | Exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close; (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous; (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut. |
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Screenplays | Mrs. Cole, the only problem here is that after you've provided years of faithful service and loving support raising his children - They are his (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur) Spoken like a faithful squire (The Lost World; writing credit: Alison Lea Bingeman) The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce) That's Old Faithful. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) While on a hunting trip, Tor and his faithful companion Tog rescue an ancient hermit from a Tyrannosarus Rex. Grateful, the old man gives Tor a club which possesses great powers (Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor; writing credit: Eddie Brandt; David Scott) | |
Lyrics | Now you play the loving woman I'll play the faithful man (BRILLIANT DISGUISE; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) I asked the faithful light (Moonshadow; performing artist: Cat Stevens) Now I know I can be faithful (Real Love; performing artist: Mary J. Blige) To be faithful and I'm gonna ("My Guy"; performing artist: Mary Wells) A Man Should Be Faithful (Will You Be There; performing artist: Michael Jackson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Faithful City (1952) Faithful in My Fashion (1946) Old Faithful (1935) The Faithful Heart (1932) Always Faithful (1929) | |
Song Titles | Faithful (performing artist: Go West) | |
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 | The faithful Redinger, laboratory assistant on board the ship. Plate VIII, print 7. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Andrew resolute Uncle Sam's faithful teamster, taking the produce of the farms, to another storehouse; and giving Uncle Sam his, reasons for so doing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Southern Confederacy a fact!!! Acknowledged by a might prince and faithful ally. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | We have shown you how good is the end of those who are faithful. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The faithful servitor. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | As for you, General, this commission for long and faithful service to the army and nation. Uncle Sam. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Eskimo boy and his faithful dog, in an igloo (representing a snow-house)--World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Old Faithful Geyser in Eruption. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted against the dawn, a soldier of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia keeps faithful watch over a giant YB-17 bomber. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Edmund Spenser | Fierce wars and faithful loves shall moralize my song. |
Gibbon | Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. |
Horace | A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient. |
Oscar Wilde | Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and cannot. |
Sir James Mackintosh | The commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. |
Sir Richard Steele | A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband. |
Sir Walter Scott | A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. |
Virgil | Faithful Achates. |
William Shakespeare | Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | We will immediately restore all hostages and charters delivered to us by Englishmen, as sureties of the peace of faithful service. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | To ensure the proper and faithful execution of the provisions contained in (a) and (b) above, Germany: (1) binds herself not to undertake or to allow the construction of any lateral canal or any derivation on the right bank of the river opposite the French frontiers; (2) recognises the possession by France of the right of support on and the right of way over all lands situated on the right bank which may be required in order to survey, to build, and to operate weirs which France, with the consent of the Central Commission, may subsequently decide to establish. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The President has told you that it is his wish, as I am sure it is yours, that I should have full liberty to give my true and faithful counsel in these anxious and baffling times. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | We content ourselves with saying that the love of Fantine was a first, an only, a faithful love |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | And thus in a few days, by the help of a very faithful memory, I got some insight into their language |
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Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | Taliban leader Mullah Omar carried the title of Commander of the Faithful. (references) |
Vietnam | Numerous Cao Dai believers actively have challenged this and other edicts of the Management Council, stating that they were not faithful to Cao Dai principles and tradition. (references) | |
Economic History | Norway | The idea was to make the consumers more faithful in their buying pattern. (references) |
Minorities | Germany | This has, at times, led to societal discord, such as local resistance to the construction of mosques or disagreements over whether Muslims can use loudspeakers in residential neighborhoods to call the faithful to prayer. (references) |
Political Economy | Panama | Not ideologically driven, Arnulfista Party faithful have generally taken their political cues from the top, although recently they have become more independent. (references) |
Cuba | It limited the distribution of foreign publications and news, reserving them for selected faithful party members, and maintained strict censorship of news and information to the public. (references) | |
Political Rights | Afghanistan | The Taliban movement's authority had emanated from its leader, Mullah Omar, who carried the title Commander of the Faithful, and from the Taliban's military occupation of most of the country. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Gennifer Flowers | There was a time I would have married him. I am very grateful at this point that I didn't. I have a wonderful husband that I feel like will be faithful to me. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Nothing shall be wanting on my part to inform as far as in my power the legislative judgment, nor to carry that judgment into faithful execution. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | In all measures having such objects my faithful cooperation will be afforded. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | To the people, therefore, and to the faithful and able depositaries of their trust is the credit due. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Under every aspect in which it can be considered it would appear that advantage must result from the observance of a strict and faithful economy. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | I repair to the post assigned me not as to one sought, but in obedience to the unsolicited expression of your will, answerable only for a fearless, faithful, and diligent exercise of my best powers. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We have discovered that every child who learns, every man who finds work, every sick body that is made whole--like a candle added to an altar--brightens the hope of all the faithful. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | For we are the keepers of a sacred trust, and we must be faithful to it in this new era. |
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| "Faithful" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.04% of the time. "Faithful" is used about 968 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.04% | 949 | 7,639 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.65% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.31% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 968 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "faithful". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Amnon | N/A | Biblical | Faithful and true |
| Amon | N/A | Biblical | Faithful |
| Ammon | N/A | Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized) | Faithful |
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Expressions using "faithful": be faithful ♦ commander of the faithful ♦ faithful friend ♦ faithful kamichi ♦ faithful likeness ♦ faithful resemblance ♦ Father of the Faithful ♦ old Faithful ♦ stay faithful ♦ the faithful. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "faithful": ever-faithful, old-faithful, once-faithful, site-faithful, still-faithful, too-faithful. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "faithful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përkrahësit, i vërtetë (actual, authentic, bona fide, downright, effective, flesh and blood, genuine, objective, perfect, positive, practical, proper, pucka, real, right, substantial, true, truthful, uncoined, unfailing, unfeigned, veracious, veritable, virtual), i besuar (confidential, credible, entrusting, responsible, trust, trustworthy, trusty), besnik (clean, devout, loyal, true, true blue, true born), besimtarët. (various references) | |
Arabic | مخلص (adherent, candid, constant, devoted, devout, earnest, heartfelt, hearty, honest, loyal, mentor, open-hearted, sincere, staunch, steadfast, true, true-hearted, truthful, whole-hearted), وفي (adherent, constant, firm, kosher, loyal, righteous, staunch, true, true-hearted, truthful, unswerving), طبق الأصل (characteristic, true), صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, exact, hale, honest, indeed, ortho, plumb, precise, proper, pure, real, reasonable, regular, right, seemly, sincere, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable, whole), المؤمن, أمين (fair, honest, in his right mind, level, reasonable, straightforward). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | точен (accurate, careful, correct, exact, express, just, literal, minute, narrow, near, perfect, pinpoint, precise, precision, proper, punctual, refined, right, rigorous, scientific, sensitive, straight, strict, true, unerring, veracious, well-directed), верен (accurate, correct, just, liege, loving, loyal, natural, okay, right, staunch, steady, sure, true, true-hearted, truthful, unfailing, veracious), предан (affectionate, devoted, intent, liege, loyal, single-hearted, true, whole-hearted). (various references) | |
Chinese | 諶 (sincere), 实 (Duteous), 實 . (various references) | |
Czech | vìrný (close, constant, devoted, lifelike, life-like, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, unfailing), přesný (accurate, clean-cut, clear-cut, correct, definite, exact, just, literal, nice, precise, punctual, right, specific, strict, subtle, true, truthful), loajální (devoted, loyal). (various references) | |
Danish | tro (account, accredit, belief, believe, deem, guess, loyal, presume, suppose, surmise, upright). (various references) | |
Dutch | trouw (adherence, loyal, nasty, upright), getrouw (loyal, upright). (various references) | |
Esperanto | fidela, lojala (loyal). (various references) | |
Faeroese | trúgvur. (various references) | |
Finnish | uskollinen (devoted, loyal, true, upright). (various references) | |
French | loyal (fair), honnête (fair), fidèle. (various references) | |
German | treu (abidingly, dedicated, devoted, devotedly, faithfully, innocent, loyal, loyally, respectful, stalwart, staunch, staunchly, true, truly, trusting, trustingly, trusty, unfailing), gläubig (religious, trusting). (various references) | |
Greek | έμπιστοσ (fiduciary, intimate, reliable, trusted, trustworthy, trusty), πιστόσ (believer, constant, credible, loyal, stanch, staunch, true, true blue, trusty), πιστός (devout, faithful to, loyal). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לבצע בשלמות (accomplish, go the whole hog, go through with it), אמון (belief, confidence, faith, fidelity, trained, trust), ח"ור אמו ", בעל בטחון (nervy), אמן (adherent, firm, henchman, loyal, loyalist, reliable, stanch, staunch, true, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hűséges (blue, leal, sincere, staunch, true, unfailing, yeomanly), hű (close, committed, devoted, loyal, true). (various references) | |
Indonesian | setia (affectionately, loyal). (various references) | |
Italian | fedele (churchgoer, close, constant, exact, express, liege, loyal, near, regular, staunch, true, true blue, trusty, upright). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 神妙 (meek, quiet). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | し"じ"ぶかい (deeply religious, devout, godly), し"みょう (meek, quiet), まめ (beans, blister, clitoris, corn, devoted, hardworking, healthy, honest, peas), せいじつ (holy day, honest, sincere, the Sabbath), あつい (cordial, deep, hot, kind, serious, thick, warm), ものがたい (honest, reliable, upright), じつのある (sincere), ちゅうなる (devoted, loyal, true). (various references) | |
Korean | 충실한. (various references) | |
Malay | setia (loyal, upright). (various references) | |
Manx | ynrick (correct, correct as behaviour, earnest, forthcoming, frank, genuine, honest, intrinsic, just, open-hearted, outright, righteous, sincere, straightforward, truthful, undeviating), Pobble Yee, jeelys (devoted, firm, genuine, sincere, staunch, steadfast, true-hearted), firrinagh (authentic, candid, devout, honest, real, sincere, sterling, true, unaffected, veracious). (various references) | |
Norwegian | trofast (loyal). (various references) | |
Papiamen | fiel. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aithfulfay.(various references) | |
Polish | wierny. (various references) | |
Portuguese | fiel (anchored, church-goer, loyal, pointer, retentive, single-hearted, staunch, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, unswerving), leal (anchored, brave, devoted, fair, frank, gallant, guileless, honest, loyal, open-hearted, simple-hearted, sincere, soldierly, sportsmanlike, sporty, staunch, true, true-blue, true-hearted, trustworthy, trusty). (various references) | |
Romanian | fidel (as true as steel, constant, devoted, faithfully, honest, precise, sincere, true), loial (fair, faithfully, honest, Leal, loyal, sincere, staunch, straight, true), exact (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clean-cut, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exact, exactly, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it), credincios (as true as steel, believer, believing, devoted, devout, honest, Leal, loyal, loyally, never failing, reliable, staunch, true, true blue, trusty, unfailing, unswerving). (various references) | |
Russian | верный (anchored, devoted, faithfull, loyal, right, sure-fire, tried, true, trusty, truthful, unerring, unfailing). (various references) | |
Scottish | dìleas (beloved, dear, related to). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veran (liege, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true-hearted), odan (addicted, addictive, affectionate, clinging, committed, dedicated, devoted, liege, loyal, staunch, true, whole-hearted). (various references) | |
Spanish | fiel (abidingly, accurate, anchored, church-goer, dependable, devoted, inspector of weights and measures, loyal, pointer, religious, true, trusty). (various references) | |
Swedish | trogen (devoted, faitful, liege, loyal, stalwart, true, true blue, trusty), trofast (constant, loyal, true, tru-hearted, trusty, unfailing). (various references) | |
Turkish | vefalı (approved, constant, loyal, true-hearted), sadık (adhesive, constant, devoted, devout, loyal, obedient, stanch, staunch, true blue, true-hearted, trusty), mümin (worshipper), imanlı, içten (bluff, bona fide, candid, childlike, cordial, deep, deeply, devout, earnest, familiar, forthright, genuine, gut, hail-fellow-well-met, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, ingenuous, internally, inwardly, kindly, open, open armed, openhearted, open-hearted, sincere, sincerely, true, true-hearted, truly, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned, whole-hearted), güven veren (confidential), doğru (above board, according to cocker, according to hoyle, accurate, aright, authentic, cheese, correct, direct, due, exact, exactly, fair, fair enough, for, guileless, honest, honest injun, just, on time, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, sincere, spot-on, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight line, the right, the thing, the truth, thro, through, thru, true, truthful, up to, upstanding), dürüst (above board, candid, christian, conscientious, dinkum, direct, downright, fair, Frank, guileless, honest, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, plain, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, sporting, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, straightforward, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), bağlı (adherent, adhesive, affiliated, amenable, appurtenant, attached, banded, bonded, bound, cohesive, conditional, conjoint, connected, consequent, corded, dependant, dependent, devoted, germane, hooked, incidental, laced, observant, related, subject, subject to, subordinate, tied, under). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jankцer (devoted), dindar (religious). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чесний (above board, bona fide, clean-fingered, clean-handed, conscientious, fair, fair dealing, honest, honorable, honourable, scrupulous, sincere, single minded, stainless, straight, straightforward, upright, white-handed), вірний (blue, certain, correct, devoted, loyal, positive, staunch, sure, true, trusty), правдивий (honest, pure, truthful, veracious, veridic, veridical, veritable). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trung th nh (faithfully, liege, loyal), trung nghĩa có lương tâm đáng tin cậy trung thực, chung thuỷ. (various references) | |
Welsh | ffyddlon (falcon), cywir (accurate, correct, falcon, true). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | amen, coniugali, devota, fidêlis, fide, fidelis, fidus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ge-leafful. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | loyal. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PistoV o kalwn umaV oV kai poihsei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fidelis est qui vocavit vos qui etiam faciet |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Se þe clypeð eow is getrywlic and he sceal hit don. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | God is trewe, that clepide you, which also schal do. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Faythfull is he which called you: which will also do it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | God, by whom you have been marked out in his purpose, is unchanging and will make it complete. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 24 |
