Definition
I believe, have faith (in), trust
Vocabulary Form
πιστεύω
Erasmian
Modern
Root
πιστευ
Frequency
241
GK
4409
Forms
(ἐπίστευον), πιστεύσω, ἐπίστευσα, πεπίστευκα, πεπίστευμαι, ἐπιστεύθην
Notes
πιστεύω can take a direct object in either the dative or accusative. It is the cognate verb of the noun πίστις and adjective πιστός.
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 10:43 | To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes (pisteuonta | πιστεύοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” |
| Acts 11:17 | If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed (pisteusasin | πιστεύσασιν | aor act ptcp dat pl masc) in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to stand in God’s way?” |
| Acts 11:21 | And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number became believers (pisteusas | πιστεύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) and turned to the Lord. |
| Acts 13:12 | Then the proconsul believed (episteusen | ἐπίστευσεν | aor act ind 3 sg), when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord. |
| Acts 13:39 | by this man everyone who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) is set free. |
| Acts 13:41 | ‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work you (pisteusēte | πιστεύσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) will (pisteusēte | πιστεύσητε | aor act subj 2 pl) not believe (pisteusēte | πιστεύσητε | aor act subj 2 pl), even though someone should tell you in detail.’” |
| Acts 13:48 | When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed (episteusan | ἐπίστευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl). |
| Acts 14:1 | It came to pass in Iconium that Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed (pisteusai | πιστεῦσαι | aor act inf ). |
| Acts 14:23 | And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed (pepisteukeisan | πεπιστεύκεισαν | pluperf act ind 3 pl). |
| Acts 15:5 | But some arose from the party of the Pharisees, believers (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc), and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and order them to keep the law of Moses.” |
| Acts 15:7 | After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “My brothers, you know that in days of old God made a choice among you, that through my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the gospel and believe (pisteusai | πιστεῦσαι | aor act inf ). |
| Acts 15:11 | But through the grace of the Lord Jesus we believe (pisteuomen | πιστεύομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that we will be saved, in the same way as those also.” |
| Acts 16:31 | And they said, “Believe (pisteuson | πίστευσον | aor act imperative 2 sg) in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” |
| Acts 16:34 | And when he had brought them up into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having (pepisteukōs | πεπιστευκώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) placed (pepisteukōs | πεπιστευκώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) his (pepisteukōs | πεπιστευκώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) faith (pepisteukōs | πεπιστευκώς | perf act ptcp nom sg masc) in God along with his entire household. |
| Acts 17:12 | So many of them believed (episteusan | ἐπίστευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl), with not a few prominent Greek women and men. |
| Acts 17:34 | But some men joined him and believed (episteusan | ἐπίστευσαν | aor act ind 3 pl); among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them. |
| Acts 18:8 | Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed (episteusen | ἐπίστευσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in the Lord, together with his entire household; and many of the Corinthians upon hearing about it, believed (episteuon | ἐπίστευον | imperf act ind 3 pl) and were baptized. |
| Acts 18:27 | And when he wanted to continue on into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived there, he greatly helped those who had come to believe (pepisteukosin | πεπιστευκόσιν | perf act ptcp dat pl masc) through grace, |
| Acts 19:2 | and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” (pisteusantes | πιστεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) They said to him, “Why, we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.” |
| Acts 19:4 | Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe (pisteusōsin | πιστεύσωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” |
| Acts 19:18 | Also many of those who had become believers (pepisteukotōn | πεπιστευκότων | perf act ptcp gen pl masc) kept coming, confessing and divulging their practices. |
| Acts 21:20 | And when they heard it, they began to praise God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of believers (pepisteukotōn | πεπιστευκότων | perf act ptcp gen pl masc) there are among the Jews, and they are all zealous for the law. |
| Acts 21:25 | But as for the Gentiles who have believed (pepisteukotōn | πεπιστευκότων | perf act ptcp gen pl neut), we sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.” |
| Acts 22:19 | And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I used to go from one synagogue to another imprisoning and flogging those who believed (pisteuontas | πιστεύοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) in you. |
| Acts 24:14 | But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, thus I worship the God of our fathers, believing (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) all things that are according to the Law and written in the Prophets, |