- πιστεύω
- to trust, trust to
- πιστεύω
- I believe, have faith in
- I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.
- πιστεύω
- to trust (in)
- G:V
- 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 Rom.4:5; Ellic. on 1Ti.1:16; Abbott, JV, 19-80): absol.,; with accusative of thing(s),Refs
Mat.24:23, 26 Mrk.13:21, 1Co.11:18; with dative of person(s) (to believe what one says),Refs
Act.13:41, 1Co.13:7; τ. ψεύδει, 2Th.2:11; περί . . . ὅτι, Jhn.9:18; esp. and most freq. with reference to religious belief: absol.,Refs
Mrk.16:[13, 14], 1Jn.4:1; before ὅτι, Mat.9:28, al.; with dative (see supr., and cf. DB, i, 829a),Refs
Mat.8:13, Mrk.5:36, Luk.8:50, Jhn.11:40, al.Refs
Jhn.3:12 5:24 6:30 8:31, Act.16:34, Gal.3:6" (LXX)>Refs, Refs ; ptcp. pres., οἱ π., as subst.,
1) to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
1a) of the thing believed
1a1) to credit, have confidence
1b) in a moral or religious reference
1b1) 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
1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith
1bc) mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith
2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
2a) to be intrusted with a thing
1a) of the thing believed
1a1) to credit, have confidence
1b) in a moral or religious reference
1b1) 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
1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith
1bc) mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith
2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
2a) to be intrusted with a thing
πιστεύω
pisteuō
pist-yoo'-o
From G4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), that is, credit; by implication to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well being to Christ)
KJV Usage: believe (-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.