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:
Acts 13:12: "deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine"
Acts 13:39: "by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which"
Acts 13:41: "a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you."
Acts 13:48: "to eternal life believed."
Acts 14:1: "both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed."
Acts 14:23: "to the Lord, on whom they believed."
Acts 15:5: "sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise"
Acts 15:7: "the word of the gospel,"
Acts 15:7: "the word of the gospel,"
Acts 15:11: "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus"
Acts 16:31: "And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus"
Acts 16:34: "he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house."
Acts 17:12: "of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks,"
Acts 17:34: "cleaved unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the"
Acts 18:8: "Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all"
Acts 18:8: "of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized."
Acts 18:27: "when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:"
Acts 19:2: "ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto"
Acts 19:4: "unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him,"
Acts 19:18: "And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their"
Acts 21:20: "thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous"
Acts 21:25: "As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they"
Acts 22:19: "imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:"
Acts 24:14: "worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the"
Acts 26:27: "King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest."
Acts 26:27: "prophets? I know that thou believest."
Acts 27:25: "sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be"
Romans 1:16: "unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also"
Romans 3:2: "because that unto them were committed the oracles of God."
Romans 3:22: "and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:"
Romans 4:3: "Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him"
Romans 4:5: "to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly,"
Romans 4:11: "he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness"
Romans 4:17: "nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead,"
Romans 4:18: "Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become"
Romans 4:24: "it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our"
Romans 6:8: "we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:"
Romans 9:33: "rock of offense: and whosoever believeth on him shall not"
Romans 10:4: "for righteousness to every one that believeth."
Romans 10:9: "the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that"
Romans 10:10: "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made"
Romans 10:11: "Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."
Romans 10:14: "him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom"
Romans 10:14: "believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and"
Romans 10:16: "saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?"
Romans 13:11: "nearer than when we believed."
Romans 14:2: "For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak,"
Romans 15:13: "joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope,"
1 Corinthians 1:21: "foolishness of preaching to save them that believe."
1 Corinthians 3:5: "but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the"
