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Strong's #4100: pisteuo (pronounced pist-yoo'-o)

from 4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ):--believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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pisteuō

1) to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in

1a) of the thing believed

1a1) to credit, have confidence

1b) in a moral or religious reference

1b1) used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul

1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith

2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity

2a) to be intrusted with a thing

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G4102

Citing in TDNT: 6:174, 849




Usage:

This word is used 251 times:

1 Corinthians 9:17: "if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed"
1 Corinthians 11:18: "you; and I partly believe"
1 Corinthians 13:7: "Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
1 Corinthians 14:22: "for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying"
1 Corinthians 14:22: "serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe."
1 Corinthians 15:2: "preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain."
1 Corinthians 15:11: "we preach, and so ye believed."
2 Corinthians 4:13: "of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we"
2 Corinthians 4:13: "have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;"
Galatians 2:7: "gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;"
Galatians 2:16: "Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that"
Galatians 3:6: "Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for"
Galatians 3:22: "of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe."
Ephesians 1:13: "in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,"
Ephesians 1:19: "power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his"
Philippians 1:29: "of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also"
1 Thessalonians 1:7: "were examples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia."
1 Thessalonians 2:4: "we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak;"
1 Thessalonians 2:10: "unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:"
1 Thessalonians 2:13: "effectually worketh also in you that believe."
1 Thessalonians 4:14: "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,"
2 Thessalonians 1:10: "to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among"
2 Thessalonians 1:10: "testimony among you was believed) in that day."
2 Thessalonians 2:11: "shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:"
2 Thessalonians 2:12: "That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but"
1 Timothy 1:11: "blessed God, which was committed to my trust."
1 Timothy 1:16: "longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to"
1 Timothy 3:16: "preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into"
2 Timothy 1:12: "for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is"
Titus 1:3: "through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God"
Titus 3:8: "that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good"
Hebrews 4:3: "For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As"
Hebrews 11:6: "he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is"
James 2:19: "Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well:"
James 2:19: "the devils also believe, and tremble."
James 2:23: "which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him"
1 Peter 1:8: "ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and"
1 Peter 1:21: "Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from"
1 Peter 2:6: "a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not"
1 Peter 2:7: "Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which"
1 John 3:23: "his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son"
1 John 4:1: "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the"
1 John 4:16: "we have known and believed the love that God"
1 John 5:1: "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born"
1 John 5:5: "the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the"
1 John 5:10: " He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness"
1 John 5:10: "witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him"
1 John 5:10: "him a liar; because he believeth not the record that"
1 John 5:13: "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the"
1 John 5:13: "life, and that ye may believe on the name of the"









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