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:
John 4:21: "saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh,"
John 4:39: "of that city believed on him for the"
John 4:41: "And many more believed because of his own word;"
John 4:42: "unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for"
John 4:48: "and wonders, ye will not believe."
John 4:50: "And the man believed the word that Jesus"
John 4:53: "liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house."
John 5:24: "my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting"
John 5:38: "hath sent, him ye believe not."
John 5:44: "How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another,"
John 5:46: "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for"
John 5:46: "had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he"
John 5:47: "But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe"
John 5:47: "his writings, how shall ye believe my words?"
John 6:29: "work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."
John 6:30: "that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?"
John 6:35: "shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never"
John 6:36: "have seen me, and believe not."
John 6:40: "the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting"
John 6:47: "verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting"
John 6:64: "of you that believe not. For Jesus knew"
John 6:64: "the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should"
John 6:69: "And we believe and are sure that thou art"
John 7:5: "neither did his brethren believe in him."
John 7:31: "of the people believed on him, and said,"
John 7:38: " He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of"
John 7:39: "the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:"
John 7:48: "of the Pharisees believed on him?"
John 8:24: "sins: for if ye believe not that I am"
John 8:30: "spake these words, many believed on him."
John 8:31: "Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue"
John 8:45: "tell you the truth, ye believe me not."
John 8:46: "why do ye not believe me?"
John 9:18: "the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been"
John 9:35: "he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?"
John 9:36: "is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?"
John 9:38: "he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him."
John 10:25: "I told you, and ye believed not: the works that"
John 10:26: "But ye believe not, because ye are not of"
John 10:37: "works of my Father, believe me not."
John 10:38: "if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the"
John 10:38: "ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know,"
John 10:38: "that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in"
John 10:42: "And many believed on him there."
John 11:15: "I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto"
John 11:25: "and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead,"
John 11:26: "whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never"
John 11:26: "me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
John 11:27: "Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the"
John 11:40: "unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?"
