What does πίστις · ἀγάπη · ἐνεργέω mean in the Bible?
πίστις · ἀγάπη · ἐνεργέω is a Greek phrase meaning "faith active or operating through love".
Greek · G4102, G26, G1754
πίστις δι’ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη
Faith · love · to be active, efficient
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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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ἀγάπη G26 love
Pronunciation agápē
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ἐνεργέω G1754 to be active, efficient
Pronunciation energéō
Divine or supernatural power actively operating within persons or circumstances, not merely potential.
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What does πίστις δι’ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη (pistis di' agapēs energoumenē) mean in the Bible?
πίστις · ἀγάπη · ἐνεργέω is a Greek phrase meaning "faith active or operating through love".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4102, G26, G1754?
G4102, G26, G1754 is connected to 242 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. faith active or operating through love
Source Gloss
faith active or operating through love
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 242 Case pattern Genitive (93) Number pattern Singular (242)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:22 · Matt 15:28 · Mark 5:34 · Mark 10:52 · Luke 7:50 · Luke 8:25 · Luke 8:48 · Luke 17:19 · Luke 18:42 · Luke 22:32 · Acts 3:16 · Rom 1:8 · Rom 4:5 · Rom 4:9 · Rom 4:14 · Rom 10:17 36×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 6:5 · Acts 11:24 · Acts 13:8 · Acts 14:27 · Acts 24:24 · Rom 1:5 · Rom 1:12 · Rom 1:17 · Rom 3:22 · Rom 3:25 · Rom 3:26 · Rom 3:27 · Rom 3:30 · Rom 3:31 · Rom 4:11 · Rom 4:12 93×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 3:16 · Acts 6:7 · Acts 14:22 · Acts 15:9 · Acts 16:5 · Acts 26:18 · Rom 3:28 · Rom 4:19 · Rom 4:20 · Rom 5:2 · Rom 11:20 · Rom 14:1 · 1 Cor 16:13 · 2 Cor 1:24 · 2 Cor 8:7 · 2 Cor 13:5 58×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:10 · Matt 9:2 · Matt 9:29 · Matt 17:20 · Matt 21:21 · Matt 23:23 · Mark 2:5 · Mark 4:40 · Mark 11:22 · Luke 5:20 · Luke 7:9 · Luke 17:5 · Luke 17:6 · Luke 18:8 · Acts 14:9 · Acts 17:31 55×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 21 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 17 aorist 2 perfect 1 imperfect 1
Voice
active 12 middle 9
Mood
participle 11 indicative 9 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 14:2 ἐνεργοῦσιν present active indicative ongoing Mark 6:14 ἐνεργοῦσιν present active indicative ongoing Romans 7:5 ἐνηργεῖτο imperfect middle indicative background 1 Corinthians 12:11 ἐνεργεῖ present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 12:6 ἐνεργῶν present active participle participle 2 Corinthians 1:6 ἐνεργουμένης present middle participle participle 2 Corinthians 4:12 ἐνεργεῖται present middle indicative ongoing Galatians 2:8 ἐνεργήσας aorist active participle participle Galatians 2:8 ἐνήργησεν aorist active indicative completed Galatians 3:5 ἐνεργῶν present active participle participle Galatians 5:6 ἐνεργουμένη present middle participle participle Ephesians 1:11 ἐνεργοῦντος present active participle participle Ephesians 1:20 ἐνήργηκεν perfect active indicative resultant Ephesians 2:2 ἐνεργοῦντος present active participle participle Ephesians 3:20 ἐνεργουμένην present middle participle participle Philippians 2:13 ἐνεργῶν present active participle participle Philippians 2:13 ἐνεργεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Colossians 1:29 ἐνεργουμένην present middle participle participle 1 Thessalonians 2:13 ἐνεργεῖται present middle indicative ongoing 2 Thessalonians 2:7 ἐνεργεῖται present middle indicative ongoing James 5:16 ἐνεργουμένη present middle participle participle
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
πίστις δι’ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain