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GreekG4100Verb

πιστεύω

pisteuō

218Occurrences
G4100Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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)

from G4102 (πίστις);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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
2.Trans., to entrust
LXX: chiefly for אמן hi.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

πιστεύω appears 218 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
85
Acts
36
Romans
20
Mark
14
Luke
9
Matthew
9
1 Corinthians
8
1 John
7

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:21BSB

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.

Acts 16:31BSB

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

John 11:25BSB

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

John 4:39BSB

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

Matthew 18:6BSB

But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.