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πιστεύω

pisteuōto trust (in)How to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb241 occurrences21 books217 verses

Definition

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 Romans 4:5; Ellic. on 1 Timothy 1:16; Abbott, JV, 19-80): absol., Matthew 24:23, 26, Mark 13:21, 1 Corinthians 11:18; with accusative of thing(s), Acts 13:41, 1 Corinthians 13:7; with dative of person(s) (to believe what one says), Mrk.16:[13, 14], 1 John 4:1; τ. ψεύδει, 2 Thessalonians 2:11; περί . . . ὅτι, John 9:18; esp. and most frequently with reference to religious belief: absol., Matthew 8:13, Mark 5:36, Luke 8:50, John 11:40, al.; before ὅτι, Matthew 9:28, al.; with dative (see supr., and cf. DB, i, 829a), John 3:12; 5:24; 6:30; 8:31, Acts 16:34, Galatians 3:6" (LXX), 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 John 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.), Mark 1:15 (see Swete, in l.); εἰς, Matthew 18:6, John 2:11 (see Westc., in l.), and freq., Acts 10:43; 19:4, Romans 10:14, Galatians 2:16, Philippians 1:29, I John 5:10, 1 Peter 1:8; εἰς τ. ὄνομα, John 1:12; 2:23; 3:18, 1 John 5:13; ἐπί, with accusative, Matthew 27:42, Acts 9:42; 11:17; 16:31; 22:19, Romans 4:5; ἐπί, with dative, Romans 9:33 (LXX) 10:11 (ib.), 1 Timothy 1:16, 1 Peter 2:6" (LXX) ; ptcp. pres., οἱ π., as subst., Acts 2:44, Romans 3:22, 1 Corinthians 1:21, al.; aor., Mrk.16:[16], Acts 4:32; pf., Acts 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, Luke 16:11, John 2:24; pass., to be entrusted with: with accusative, Romans 3:2, 1 Corinthians 9:17, Galatians 2:7, 1 Thessalonians 2:4 (see Lft., Notes, 21f.), 1 Timothy 1:11, Titus 1:3.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πιστεύω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

241 total
  1. Acts 15:7πιστεῦσαι · believe
    After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
  2. Acts 15:11πιστεύομεν · we believe
    On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
  3. Acts 16:31Πίστευσον · Believe
    They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
  4. Acts 16:34πεπιστευκὼς · that they had come to believe
    Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.
  5. Acts 17:12ἐπίστευσαν · believed
    As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
  6. Acts 17:34ἐπίστευσαν · [and] believed
    But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
  7. Acts 18:8ἐπίστευσεν · believed; ἐπίστευον · believed
    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.
  8. Acts 18:27πεπιστευκόσιν · had believed
    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.
  9. Acts 19:2πιστεύσαντες · when you became believers
    …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.”
  10. Acts 19:4πιστεύσωσιν · believe
    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.”
  11. Acts 19:18πεπιστευκότων · had believed
    Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
  12. Acts 21:20πεπιστευκότων · have believed
    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.
  13. Acts 21:25πεπιστευκότων · believers
    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.”
  14. Acts 22:19πιστεύοντας · believed
    ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
  15. Acts 24:14πιστεύων · I believe
    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,
  16. Acts 26:27πιστεύεις · do you believe; πιστεύεις · you [do]
    King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
  17. Acts 27:25πιστεύω · I believe
    So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
  18. Romans 1:16πιστεύοντι · believes
    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.
  19. Romans 3:2ἐπιστεύθησαν · they have been entrusted with
    Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
  20. Romans 3:22πιστεύοντας · believe
    And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  21. Romans 4:3Ἐπίστευσεν · believed
    For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
  22. Romans 4:5πιστεύοντι · believes
    However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
  23. Romans 4:11πιστευόντων · believe
    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.
  24. Romans 4:17ἐπίστευσεν · he believed
    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.
  25. Romans 4:18ἐπίστευσεν · believed
    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.”
  26. Romans 4:24πιστεύουσιν · believe
    …but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
  27. Romans 6:8πιστεύομεν · we believe
    Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
  28. Romans 9:33πιστεύων · believes
    …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.”
  29. Romans 10:4πιστεύοντι · believes
    For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
  30. Romans 10:9πιστεύσῃς · believe
    …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.
  31. Romans 10:10πιστεύεται · [you] believe
    For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
  32. Romans 10:11πιστεύων · believes
    It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  33. Romans 10:14ἐπίστευσαν · in whom they have not believed; πιστεύσωσιν · can they believe in [the One]
    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?
  34. Romans 10:16ἐπίστευσεν · has believed
    But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
  35. Romans 13:11ἐπιστεύσαμεν · we {first} believed
    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.
  36. Romans 14:2πιστεύει · has faith
    For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
  37. Romans 15:13πιστεύειν · believe [in Him]
    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.
  38. 1 Corinthians 1:21πιστεύοντας · believe
    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.
  39. 1 Corinthians 3:5ἐπιστεύσατε · you believed
    What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
  40. 1 Corinthians 9:17πεπίστευμαι · I am [still] entrusted with
    If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
  41. 1 Corinthians 11:18πιστεύω · I believe
    First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
  42. 1 Corinthians 13:7πιστεύει · believes
    It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
  43. 1 Corinthians 14:22πιστεύουσιν · believers; πιστεύουσιν · believers
    Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
  44. 1 Corinthians 15:2ἐπιστεύσατε · you have believed
    By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
  45. 1 Corinthians 15:11ἐπιστεύσατε · you believed
    Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
  46. 2 Corinthians 4:13Ἐπίστευσα · I 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,