BELIEF.Older Eng. (akin to lief and love) for the Lat.-French faith, which displaced it in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] everywhere except in 2Th_2:13. RV [Note: Revised Version.] follows AV [Note: Authorized Version.] except in Rom_10:16 f., where it restores belief, after Tindale, in continuity with believe. Unbelief held its ground as the antonym (Mat_13:58, etc., Rom_3:3 etc.). In modern Eng., faith signifies ethical, belief intellectual, credence: faith, trust in a person; belief, recognition of a fact or truth beyond the sphere of sensible observation or demonstrative proof. See Faith.
G. G. Findlay.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
bē̇-lēf?. See FAITH.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.