Word study · Greek
πιστεύω
pisteuōG4100to trust (in)
Used 237 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- intrans., to have faith
- Trans., to entrust
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- πιστεύω,
- [in LXX chiefly for אמן hi. ;]
- 1. intrans., to have faith (in), to believe; in cl., with accusative, dative, in NT also with prep, (on the significance of the various constructions, see M, Pr., 67f.; Vau. on Rom.4:5; Ellic. on 1Ti.1:16; Abbott, JV, 19-80): absol., Mat.24:23, 26 Mrk.13:21, 1Co.11:18; with accusative of thing(s), Act.13:41, 1Co.13:7; with dative of person(s) (to believe what one says), Mrk.16:[13, 14], 1Jn.4:1; τ. ψεύδει, 2Th.2:11; περί . . . ὅτι, Jhn.9:18; esp. and most frequently with reference to religious belief: absol., Mat.8:13, Mrk.5:36, Luk.8:50, Jhn.11:40, al.; before ὅτι, Mat.9:28, al.; with dative (see supr., and cf. DB, i, 829a), Jhn.3:12 5:24 6:30 8:31, Act.16:34, Gal.3:6" (LXX), 2Ti.1:12, 1Jn.5:10, al.; with prep., (expressing personal trust and reliance as distinct from mere credence or belief; see M, Pr., l.with; DB, i, 829b), to believe in or on: ἐν (Psa.77 (78):22, al.), Mrk.1:15 (see Swete, in l.); εἰς, Mat.18:6, Jhn.2:11 (see Westc., in l.), and freq., Act.10:43 19:4, Rom.10:14, Gal.2:16, Php.1:29, I Jhn.5:10, 1Pe.1:8; εἰς τ. ὄνομα, Jhn.1:12 2:23 3:18, 1Jn.5:13; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.27:42, Act.9:42 11:17 16:31 22:19, Rom.4:5; ἐπί, with dative, Rom.9:33 (LXX) 10:11 (ib.), 1Ti.1:16, 1Pe.2:6" (LXX) ; ptcp. pres., οἱ π., as subst., Act.2:44, Rom.3:22, 1Co.1:21, al.; aor., Mrk.16:[16], Act.4:32; pf., Act.19:18 21:20 (on Johannine use of the tenses of π., see Westc, Epp. Jo., 120).
- 2. Trans., to entrust: with accusative and dative, Luk.16:11, Jhn.2:24; pass., to be entrusted with: with accusative, Rom.3:2, 1Co.9:17, Gal.2:7, 1Th.2:4 (see Lft., Notes, 21f.), 1Ti.1:11, Tit.1:3.
- (AS)
Same idea, other words · Faith, trust and faithfulness
Faith in Scripture is trust that rests on someone's faithfulness. The Hebrew words about trusting and being firm lie behind the New Testament's pistis.
Where it appears
- Matthew11
- Mark10
- Luke9
- John98
- Acts37
- Romans21
- 1 Corinthians9
- 2 Corinthians2
- Galatians4
- Ephesians2
- Philippians1
- 1 Thessalonians5
- 2 Thessalonians4
- 1 Timothy3
- 2 Timothy1
- Titus2
- Hebrews2
- James3
- 1 Peter3
- 1 John9
- Jude1
Every use · 151–200 of 237 · BSB
As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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