Gloss
to believe, put one's faith in, trust, with an implication that actions based on that trust may follow; (pass.) entrust
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πιστεύω
Greek transliteration
pisteuō
Simplified transliteration
pisteuo
Principal Parts
(ἐπίστευον), πιστεύσω, ἐπίστευσα, πεπίστευκα, πεπίστευμαι, ἐπιστεύθην
Numbers
Strong's number
4100
GK Number
4409
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
241
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1a(6)
Definition
pluperfect, πεπιστεύκειν, to believe, give credit to, Mk. 1:15; 16:13; Lk. 24:25; intrans. to believe, have a mental persuasion, Mt. 8:13; 9:28; Jas. 2:19; to believe, be of opinion, Rom. 14:2; in NT πιστεύειν ἐν, εἰς, ἐπι, to believe in or on, Mt. 18:6; 27:42; Jn. 3:15, 16, 18; absol. to believe, be a believer , Acts 2:44; 4:4, 32; 13:48; trans. to intrust, commit to the charge or power of, Lk. 16:11; Jn. 2:24; pass. to be intrusted with, Rom. 3:2; 1 Cor. 9:17
Greek-English Concordance for πιστεύω
| Titus 1:3 | and revealed his word at the proper time in the proclamation, with (episteuthēn | ἐπιστεύθην | aor pass ind 1 sg) which I have been entrusted (episteuthēn | ἐπιστεύθην | aor pass ind 1 sg) by the command of God our Savior, |
| Titus 3:8 | Trustworthy is the saying, and I want you to insist emphatically on these things so that those who (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc) have (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc) believed (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc) in (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc) God might be intent on devoting themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for people. |
| Hebrews 4:3 | For we who have (pisteusantes | πιστεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) believed (pisteusantes | πιστεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) do enter that rest, just as God has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They shall certainly not enter my rest,’” and yet his work has been completed since the foundation of the world |
| Hebrews 11:6 | and without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe (pisteusai | πιστεῦσαι | aor act inf ) that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. |
| James 2:19 | You believe (pisteueis | πιστεύεις | pres act ind 2 sg) that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe (pisteuousin | πιστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), and shudder. |
| James 2:23 | And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed (episteusen | ἐπίστευσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God. |
| 1 Peter 1:8 | Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though not seeing him now, yet believing (pisteuontes | πιστεύοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) in him, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and filled with glory, |
| 1 Peter 2:6 | For it says in scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in him will never be put to shame.” |
| 1 Peter 2:7 | Therefore the great value is to you who believe (pisteuousin | πιστεύουσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc); but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,” |
| 1 John 3:23 | And this is his commandment: that we believe (pisteusōmen | πιστεύσωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment. |
| 1 John 4:1 | Dear friends, do (pisteuete | πιστεύετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not believe (pisteuete | πιστεύετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) every spirit, but test the spirits to find out whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
| 1 John 4:16 | And we have come to know and to trust (pepisteukamen | πεπιστεύκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. |
| 1 John 5:1 | Everyone who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child. |
| 1 John 5:5 | Who is it that conquers the world, but the one who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) that Jesus is the Son of God? |
| 1 John 5:10 | The one who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) does (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) not believe (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) God has made him out to be a liar, because he (pepisteuken | πεπίστευκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) has (pepisteuken | πεπίστευκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) not believed (pepisteuken | πεπίστευκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. |
| 1 John 5:13 | I am writing these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life — you who believe (pisteuousin | πιστεύουσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) in the name of the Son of God. |
| Jude 1:5 | Now I want to remind you, though you once knew all this, that the Lord, having saved his people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who (pisteusantas | πιστεύσαντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc) did (pisteusantas | πιστεύσαντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc) not believe (pisteusantas | πιστεύσαντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc). |
