kred´it (πιστευÌειν, pisteuÌein; 1 Macc 10:46 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) “gave no credenceâ€; The Wisdom of Solomon 18:6 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) “trustedâ€; 1 Macc 1:30 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) “credenceâ€): In the modern commercial sense the noun “credit†does not occur in the canonical Scriptures or in the Apocrypha.