confidence, confident

Definition:

The term “confidence” refers to being sure that something is true or certain to happen.

In the Bible, the term “hope” often means to wait expectantly for something that is sure to happen. The ULT often translates this as “confidence” or “confidence for the future” or “future confidence” especially when it means to be assured of receiving what God has promised to believers in Jesus.
Often the term “confidence” refers especially to the certainty that believers in Jesus have that they will someday be with God forever in heaven.
The phrase, “have confidence in God” means to fully expect to receive and experience what God has promised.
Being “confident” means believing in God’s promises and acting with the assurance that God will do what he has said. This term can also have the meaning of acting boldly and courageously.

The term “confident” could be translated as “assured” or “very sure.”
The phrase “be confident” could also be translated as “trust completely” or “be completely sure about” or “know for certain.”
The term “confidently” could also be translated as “boldly” or “with certainty.”
Depending on the context, ways to translate “confidence” could include, “complete assurance” or “sure expectation” or “certainty.”

Strong’s: H0982, H0983, H0986, H3689, H3690, H4009, G22920, G39540, G39820, G40060, G52870