G4100

πιστεύω

pisteuō

Verb · From πίστις (G4102)

From G4102; 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.

Outline

  1. to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
    1. of the thing believed
      1. to credit, have confidence
    2. in a moral or religious reference
      1. 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
      2. to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith
      3. mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith
  2. to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
    1. to be intrusted with a thing

Usages (3/5)

John 16:9

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Acts 13:41

Quoting Habakkuk 1:5

¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

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Acts 17:34

Breakdown

Areopagite: from Greek Areios pagos ‘hill of Ares’.

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Acts 21:25

Breakdown

Gentiles which believe Israelite foreigners. fornication adultery.

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