faithfulness

Everyday

1. Being loyal and true to someone, keeping your promises. tree →
2. (church, Bible) God's faithfulness means God keeps his promises and never leaves his people; Christians try to show faithfulness to God. tree →
3. Staying true to a partner in marriage. tree →
4. Being exact and accurate: «faithfulness to the original book». tree →

In the lessons

In religion lessons faithfulness is a fruit of the Spirit and a quality of Ruth and of Noah; hymns praise «Great is thy faithfulness». In stories the faithful dog Greyfriars Bobby shows faithfulness. Phrases: «God's faithfulness», «faithfulness in marriage», «faithfulness to a friend».

Examples

• The dog's faithfulness touched everyone. tree →
• Ruth showed faithfulness to Naomi. tree →
• The hymn «Great Is Thy Faithfulness» praises God. tree →
• Faithfulness means keeping your promises. tree →
• The film was praised for its faithfulness to the book. tree →
• Married people promise faithfulness to each other. tree →
• Pinocchio discovers the thieves and, as a reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty. tree →

Note

Uncountable. Adjective: faithful; adverb: faithfully («Yours faithfully» ends formal UK letters). Similar: loyalty. Opposite: unfaithfulness, betrayal.

In Jewish tradition

Means God's steady reliability and truth, and the loyalty people should return.

Interpretation. Tradition reads "a God of faithfulness" as teaching that God's judgments are always just and His promises sure.

Examples

• The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He. (Torah DEU.32.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. (Torah DEU.32.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee. (Writings PSA.89.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness. (Writings LAM.3.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness. (Writings PSA.119.138, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable. Adjective: faithful; adverb: faithfully («Yours faithfully» ends formal UK letters). Similar: loyalty. Opposite: unfaithfulness, betrayal.