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:
Matthew 8:13: "Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his"
Matthew 9:28: "Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They"
Matthew 18:6: "shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better"
Matthew 21:22: "whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
Matthew 21:25: "Why did ye not then believe him?"
Matthew 21:32: "the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the"
Matthew 21:32: "and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen"
Matthew 21:32: "it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him."
Matthew 24:23: "is Christ, or there; believe it not."
Matthew 24:26: "behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not."
Matthew 27:42: "from the cross, and we will believe him."
Mark 1:15: "is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
Mark 5:36: "ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe."
Mark 9:23: "unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."
Mark 9:23: "believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."
Mark 9:24: "with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."
Mark 9:42: "whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is"
Mark 11:23: "in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith"
Mark 11:24: "unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that"
Mark 11:31: "Why then did ye not believe him?"
Mark 13:21: "or, lo, he is there; believe him not:"
Mark 15:32: "that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled"
Mark 16:13: "it unto the residue: neither believed they them."
Mark 16:14: "and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen."
Mark 16:16: " He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
Mark 16:17: "signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out"
Luke 1:20: "shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which"
Luke 1:45: "And blessed is she that believed for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her"
Luke 8:12: "their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved."
Luke 8:13: "which for a while believe, and in time of temptation"
Luke 8:50: "saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole."
Luke 16:11: "unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true"
Luke 20:5: "he will say, Why then believed ye him not?"
Luke 22:67: "I tell you, ye will not believe:"
Luke 24:25: "and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets"
John 1:7: "all men through him might believe."
John 1:12: "to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"
John 1:50: "under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these."
John 2:11: "and his disciples believed on him."
John 2:22: "this unto them; and they believed the Scripture, and the"
John 2:23: "the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw"
John 2:24: "But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew"
John 3:12: "you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if"
John 3:12: "ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?"
John 3:15: "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but"
John 3:16: "Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,"
John 3:18: " He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not"
John 3:18: "is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because"
John 3:18: "already, because he hath not believed in the name of the"
John 3:36: " He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and"
