The Greek, Hebrew, and Ge’ez that is rendered as «faithful» in English is (back-) translated in various ways:
- Toraja-Sa’dan: «honest/straight»
- North Alaskan Inupiatun: «unchangeable»
- Highland Totonac «one who fulfills» (source for this and above: Reiling / Swellengrebel)
- Tsou: «actively following closely» (source: Peng Kuo-Wei)
- Mende: «doesn’t turn this way and that» (source: Rob Koops)
- Sinasina: «following well» (source: Paratext Consultant Notes)
- Enlhet «doesn’t go past his word» (source: Jacob Loewen in The Bible Translator 1969, p. 24ff. )
- Kituba «put one’s heart into it» (source: Donald Deer in The Bible Translator 1973, p. 207ff. )
- Noongar: hkoort-karni or «heart true» (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
See also faith / believe.