πιστεύω
to believe
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G4100
Strong's Greek
pisteúō
Transliteration
/pist-yoo'-o/
Pronunciation
Usage in the GNT
241
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Thayer Definition
1. to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
a. of the thing believed
1. to credit, have confidence
b. 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 1bc) mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith
2. to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
a. to be intrusted with a thing
Strong's concordance entry
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): - believe (-r) commit (to trust) put in trust with.
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Perfect
- A completed past action with continuing present results.
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
- Pluperfect
- A past action completed before another past point (“had written”).
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
Mood
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms 61 distinct
- Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 24 times (10%)
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 22 times (9%)
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 14 times (6%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural 11 times (5%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Plural 10 times (4%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Dative, Plural, Masculine 10 times (4%)
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 2nd person, Plural 9 times (4%)
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 8 times (3%)
+53 more forms (133 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 241 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Matthew 9 verses
- Matthew 8:13 ἐπίστευσας aor act ind 2sg Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.
- Matthew 9:28 πιστεύετε pres act ind 2pl When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."
- Matthew 18:6 πιστευόντων pres act ptcp gen pl masc but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
- Matthew 21:22 πιστεύοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
- Matthew 21:26 ἐπιστεύσατε aor act ind 2pl But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
- Matthew 21:32 ἐπιστεύσατε ἐπίστευσαν πιστεῦσαι aor act ind 2pl aor act ind 3pl aor act inf For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
- Matthew 24:23 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
- Matthew 24:26 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' don't believe it.
- Matthew 27:42 πιστεύσωμεν aor act subj 1pl "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
Mark 14 verses
- Mark 1:15 πιστεύετε pres act impv 2pl and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Gospel."
- Mark 5:36 πίστευε pres act impv 2sg But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe."
- Mark 9:23 πιστεύοντι pres act ptcp dat sg masc Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
- Mark 9:24 πιστεύω pres act ind 1sg Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"
- Mark 9:42 πιστευόντων pres act ptcp gen pl masc Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
- Mark 11:23 πιστεύῃ pres act subj 3sg For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
- Mark 11:24 πιστεύετε pres act impv 2pl Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.
- Mark 11:31 ἐπιστεύσατε aor act ind 2pl They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
- Mark 13:21 πιστεύετε pres act impv 2pl Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
- Mark 15:32 πιστεύσωμεν aor act subj 1pl Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.
- Mark 16:13 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl They went away and told it to the rest. They didn't believe them, either.
- Mark 16:14 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
- Mark 16:16 πιστεύσας aor act ptcp nom sg masc He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
- Mark 16:17 πιστεύσασιν aor act ptcp dat pl masc These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
Luke 9 verses
- Luke 1:20 ἐπίστευσας aor act ind 2sg Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
- Luke 1:45 πιστεύσασα aor act ptcp nom sg fem Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!"
- Luke 8:12 πιστεύσαντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
- Luke 8:13 πιστεύουσιν pres act ind 3pl Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
- Luke 8:50 πίστευσον aor act impv 2sg But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed."
- Luke 16:11 πιστεύσει fut act ind 3sg If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
- Luke 20:5 ἐπιστεύσατε aor act ind 2pl They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
- Luke 22:67 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,
- Luke 24:25 πιστεύειν pres act inf He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
John 85 verses
- John 1:7 πιστεύσωσιν aor act subj 3pl The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
- John 1:12 πιστεύουσιν pres act ptcp dat pl masc But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
- John 1:51 πιστεύεις pres act ind 2sg He said to him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
- John 2:11 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
- John 2:22 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
- John 2:23 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.
- John 2:24 ἐπίστευεν impf act ind 3sg But Jesus didn't trust himself to them, because he knew everyone,
- John 3:12 πιστεύετε πιστεύσετε pres act ind 2pl fut act ind 2pl If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
- John 3:15 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 3:16 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 3:18 πιστεύων πιστεύων πεπίστευκεν pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ptcp nom sg masc perf act ind 3sg He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
- John 3:36 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
- John 4:21 πίστευέ pres act impv 2sg Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
- John 4:39 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, "He told me everything that I did."
- John 4:41 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl Many more believed because of his word.
- John 4:42 πιστεύομεν pres act ind 1pl They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
- John 4:48 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."
- John 4:50 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
- John 4:53 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." He believed, as did his whole house.
- John 5:24 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc "Most assuredly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- John 5:38 πιστεύετε pres act ind 2pl You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.
- John 5:44 πιστεῦσαι aor act inf How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- John 5:46 ἐπιστεύετε ἐπιστεύετε impf act ind 2pl impf act ind 2pl For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
- John 5:47 πιστεύετε πιστεύσετε pres act ind 2pl fut act ind 2pl But if you don't believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"
- John 6:29 πιστεύητε pres act subj 2pl Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
- John 6:30 πιστεύσωμέν aor act subj 1pl They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
- John 6:35 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
- John 6:36 πιστεύετε pres act ind 2pl But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don't believe.
- John 6:40 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
- John 6:47 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Most assuredly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
- John 6:64 πιστεύουσιν πιστεύοντες pres act ind 3pl pres act ptcp nom pl masc But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.
- John 6:69 πεπιστεύκαμεν perf act ind 1pl We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
- John 7:5 ἐπίστευον impf act ind 3pl For even his brothers didn't believe in him.
- John 7:31 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"
- John 7:38 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."
- John 7:39 πιστεύσοντες fut act ptcp nom pl masc But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
- John 7:48 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
- John 8:24 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
- John 8:30 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl As he spoke these things, many believed in him.
- John 8:31 πεπιστευκότας perf act ptcp acc pl masc Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
- John 8:45 πιστεύετέ pres act ind 2pl But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.
- John 8:46 πιστεύετέ pres act ind 2pl Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
- John 9:18 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
- John 9:35 πιστεύεις pres act ind 2sg Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
- John 9:36 πιστεύσω aor act subj 1sg He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
- John 9:38 πιστεύω pres act ind 1sg He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.
- John 10:25 πιστεύετε pres act ind 2pl Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
- John 10:26 πιστεύετε pres act ind 2pl But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
- John 10:37 πιστεύετέ pres act impv 2pl If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.
- John 10:38 πιστεύητε πιστεύετε pres act subj 2pl pres act impv 2pl But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
- John 10:42 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl Many believed in him there.
- John 11:15 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."
- John 11:25 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live.
- John 11:26 πιστεύων πιστεύεις pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 2sg Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
- John 11:27 πεπίστευκα perf act ind 1sg She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."
- John 11:40 πιστεύσῃς aor act subj 2sg Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"
- John 11:42 πιστεύσωσιν aor act subj 3pl I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
- John 11:45 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
- John 11:48 πιστεύσουσιν fut act ind 3pl If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
- John 12:11 ἐπίστευον impf act ind 3pl because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
- John 12:36 πιστεύετε pres act impv 2pl While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.
- John 12:37 ἐπίστευον impf act ind 3pl But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn't believe in him,
- John 12:38 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
- John 12:39 πιστεύειν pres act inf For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,
- John 12:42 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn't confess it, so that they wouldn't be put out of the synagogue,
- John 12:44 πιστεύων πιστεύει pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 3sg Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.
- John 12:46 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
- John 13:19 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I AM.
- John 14:1 πιστεύετε πιστεύετε pres act ind 2pl pres act impv 2pl "Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
- John 14:10 πιστεύεις pres act ind 2sg Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
- John 14:11 πιστεύετέ πιστεύετε pres act impv 2pl pres act impv 2pl Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.
- John 14:12 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Most assuredly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these will he do; because I am going to my Father.
- John 14:29 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe.
- John 16:9 πιστεύουσιν pres act ind 3pl about sin, because they don't believe in me;
- John 16:27 πεπιστεύκατε perf act ind 2pl for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
- John 16:30 πιστεύομεν pres act ind 1pl Now we know that you know all things, and don't need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came forth from God."
- John 16:31 πιστεύετε pres act ind 2pl Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?
- John 17:8 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
- John 17:20 πιστευόντων pres act ptcp gen pl masc Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
- John 17:21 πιστεύῃ pres act subj 3sg that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
- John 19:35 πιστεύητε pres act subj 2pl He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
- John 20:8 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.
- John 20:25 πιστεύσω fut act ind 1sg The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
- John 20:29 πεπίστευκας πιστεύσαντες perf act ind 2sg aor act ptcp nom pl masc Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."
- John 20:31 πιστεύητε πιστεύοντες pres act subj 2pl pres act ptcp nom pl masc but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
Acts 35 verses
- Acts 2:44 πιστεύσαντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc All who believed were together, and had all things in common.
- Acts 4:4 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
- Acts 4:32 πιστευσάντων aor act ptcp gen pl masc The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
- Acts 5:14 πιστεύοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
- Acts 8:12 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
- Acts 8:13 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occuring, he was amazed.
- Acts 9:26 πιστεύοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
- Acts 9:42 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
- Acts 10:43 πιστεύοντα pres act ptcp acc sg masc All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."
- Acts 11:17 πιστεύσασιν aor act ptcp dat pl masc If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
- Acts 11:21 πιστεύσας aor act ptcp nom sg masc The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
- Acts 13:12 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
- Acts 13:39 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
- Acts 13:41 πιστεύσητε aor act subj 2pl 'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"
- Acts 13:48 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
- Acts 14:1 πιστεῦσαι aor act inf It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
- Acts 14:23 πεπιστεύκεισαν plup act ind 3pl When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
- Acts 15:5 πεπιστευκότες perf act ptcp nom pl masc But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses."
- Acts 15:7 πιστεῦσαι aor act inf When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.
- Acts 15:11 πιστεύομεν pres act ind 1pl But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
- Acts 16:31 πίστευσον aor act impv 2sg They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
- Acts 16:34 πεπιστευκὼς perf act ptcp nom sg masc He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.
- Acts 17:12 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
- Acts 17:34 ἐπίστευσαν aor act ind 3pl But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
- Acts 18:8 ἐπίστευσεν ἐπίστευον aor act ind 3sg impf act ind 3pl Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
- Acts 18:27 πεπιστευκόσιν perf act ptcp dat pl masc When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
- Acts 19:2 πιστεύσαντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They said to him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
- Acts 19:4 πιστεύσωσιν aor act subj 3pl Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus."
- Acts 19:18 πεπιστευκότων perf act ptcp gen pl masc Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
- Acts 21:20 πεπιστευκότων perf act ptcp gen pl masc They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.
- Acts 21:25 πεπιστευκότων perf act ptcp gen pl masc But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality."
- Acts 22:19 πιστεύοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
- Acts 24:14 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
- Acts 26:27 πιστεύεις πιστεύεις pres act ind 2sg pres act ind 2sg King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."
- Acts 27:25 πιστεύω pres act ind 1sg Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
Romans 20 verses
- Romans 1:16 πιστεύοντι pres act ptcp dat sg masc For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
- Romans 3:2 ἐπιστεύθησαν aor pass ind 3pl Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
- Romans 3:22 πιστεύοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
- Romans 4:3 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
- Romans 4:5 πιστεύοντι pres act ptcp dat sg masc But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
- Romans 4:11 πιστευόντων pres act ptcp gen pl masc He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
- Romans 4:17 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
- Romans 4:18 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."
- Romans 4:24 πιστεύουσιν pres act ptcp dat pl masc but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,
- Romans 6:8 πιστεύομεν pres act ind 1pl But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;
- Romans 9:33 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; And no one who believes in him will be disappointed."
- Romans 10:4 πιστεύοντι pres act ptcp dat sg masc For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Romans 10:9 πιστεύσῃς aor act subj 2sg that if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Romans 10:10 πιστεύεται pres pass ind 3sg For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
- Romans 10:11 πιστεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."
- Romans 10:14 ἐπίστευσαν πιστεύσωσιν aor act ind 3pl aor act subj 3pl How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
- Romans 10:16 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg But they didn't all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"
- Romans 13:11 ἐπιστεύσαμεν aor act ind 1pl Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
- Romans 14:2 πιστεύει pres act ind 3sg One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
- Romans 15:13 πιστεύειν pres act inf Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 8 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:21 πιστεύοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
- 1 Corinthians 3:5 ἐπιστεύσατε aor act ind 2pl Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?
- 1 Corinthians 9:17 πεπίστευμαι perf pass ind 1sg For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
- 1 Corinthians 11:18 πιστεύω pres act ind 1sg For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
- 1 Corinthians 13:7 πιστεύει pres act ind 3sg bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- 1 Corinthians 14:22 πιστεύουσιν πιστεύουσιν pres act ptcp dat pl masc pres act ptcp dat pl masc Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.
- 1 Corinthians 15:2 ἐπιστεύσατε aor act ind 2pl by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
- 1 Corinthians 15:11 ἐπιστεύσατε aor act ind 2pl Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
2 Corinthians 1 verse
Galatians 4 verses
- Galatians 2:7 πεπίστευμαι perf pass ind 1sg but to the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Gospel for the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the Gospel for the circumcision
- Galatians 2:16 ἐπιστεύσαμεν aor act ind 1pl yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
- Galatians 3:6 ἐπίστευσεν aor act ind 3sg Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."
- Galatians 3:22 πιστεύουσιν pres act ptcp dat pl masc But the Scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Ephesians 2 verses
- Ephesians 1:13 πιστεύσαντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
- Ephesians 1:19 πιστεύοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
Philippians 1 verse
1 Thessalonians 5 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 1:7 πιστεύουσιν pres act ptcp dat pl masc so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4 πιστευθῆναι aor pass inf But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10 πιστεύουσιν pres act ptcp dat pl masc You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 πιστεύουσιν pres act ptcp dat pl masc For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 πιστεύομεν pres act ind 1pl For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
2 Thessalonians 3 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10 πιστεύσασιν ἐπιστεύθη aor act ptcp dat pl masc aor pass ind 3sg when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11 πιστεῦσαι aor act inf Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
- 2 Thessalonians 2:12 πιστεύσαντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
1 Timothy 3 verses
- 1 Timothy 1:11 ἐπιστεύθην aor pass ind 1sg according to the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
- 1 Timothy 1:16 πιστεύειν pres act inf However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
- 1 Timothy 3:16 ἐπιστεύθη aor pass ind 3sg Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, And received up in glory.
2 Timothy 1 verse
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πιστευω — transliterated pisteúō — is a Greek verb carrying the sense “to believe.” The King James Version also renders it “believeth,” a usage modern versions have dropped for “believe” — see the renderings breakdown. It appears 217 verses across 21 books of the Greek New Testament, among its common vocabulary. More than a third of its appearances fall in John. Thayer's distinguishes 2 senses for it. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
believe
Modern gloss
to believe
Strong's 1890 agrees
Strong's 1890 and current Thayer scholarship align on this entry's primary sense — a good signal that the gloss above is unambiguous and stable.
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About this word
Strong's G4100 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 217
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 217 distinct verses.
- 21 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 21 of 27 New Testament books.
- #66
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Greek words (rank 66 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 217 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 217 distinct verses.
- Gospels 117 verses · 54%
- Johannine 92 verses · 42%
- Pauline corpus 50 verses · 23%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 44 verses · 20%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 13 verses · 6%
- Hebrews 2 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Believe 69×, Believed 44×, Believeth 17×
- American Standard Version: Believe 59×, Believed 42×, Believeth 19×
- Berean Standard Bible: Believe 56×, Believed 32×, Believes 29×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Believe 62×, Believing 52×, Believed 32×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G4100 across 264 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 50 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G4100 across 265 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 67 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G4100 across 240 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 39 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G4100 across 288 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 40 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
- to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
Word origin
Derived from πιστις (pístis) (G4102) — faith.
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): - believe (-r) commit (to trust) put in trust with.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 61 distinct written forms G4100 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 1 rarer form follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G4100, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint usage
The same Greek word πιστευω appears 47 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 46 verses in 14 books.
- 47
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 46
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 14 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 14 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 15:6 πιστεύω
- Exodus 4:1 πιστεύω
- Numbers 14:11 πιστεύω
- Deuteronomy 9:23 πιστεύω
- 1 Samuel 3:21 πιστεύω
- 1 Kings 10:7 πιστεύω
- 2 Chronicles 9:6 πιστεύω
- Job 4:18 πιστεύω
- Psalms 26:13 πιστεύω
- Proverbs 14:15 πιστεύω
- Isaiah 7:9 πιστεύω
- Jeremiah 12:6 πιστεύω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G4100) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 15:6 πιστεύω He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
- Genesis 42:20 πιστεύω Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.
- Genesis 45:26 πιστεύω They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.
- Exodus 4:1 πιστεύω Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"
- Exodus 4:5 πιστεύω "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
- Exodus 4:8 πιστεύω "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
- Exodus 4:9 πιστεύω It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."
- Exodus 4:31 πιστεύω The people believed, and when they heard that Yahweh had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
- Exodus 14:31 πιστεύω Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh, and in his servant Moses.
- Exodus 19:9 πιστεύω Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Numbers 14:11 πιστεύω Yahweh said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
- Numbers 20:12 πιστεύω Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
- Deuteronomy 9:23 πιστεύω When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn't believe him, nor listen to his voice.
- Deuteronomy 28:66 πιστεύω and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
- 1 Samuel 3:21 πιστεύω Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 27:12 πιστεύω Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
- 1 Kings 10:7 πιστεύω However I didn't believe the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.
- 2 Chronicles 9:6 πιστεύω However I didn't believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.
- 2 Chronicles 32:15 πιστεύω Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
- Job 4:18 πιστεύω Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
- Job 9:16 πιστεύω If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice.
- Job 15:15 πιστεύω Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones; Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
- Job 15:22 πιστεύω He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness, He is waited for by the sword.
- Job 15:31 πιστεύω Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness shall be his reward.
- Job 24:22 πιστεύω Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
- Job 29:24 πιστεύω I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.
- Job 39:12 πιστεύω Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your threshing floor?
- Job 39:24 πιστεύω He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
- Psalms 26:13 πιστεύω
- Psalms 77:22 πιστεύω
- Psalms 77:32 πιστεύω
- Psalms 105:12 πιστεύω When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
- Psalms 105:24 πιστεύω He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
- Psalms 115:1 πιστεύω Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, But to your name give glory, For your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
- Psalms 118:66 πιστεύω
- Proverbs 14:15 πιστεύω A simple man believes everything, But the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
- Proverbs 30:1 πιστεύω The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle: The man says to Ithiel, To Ithiel and Ucal:
- Isaiah 7:9 πιστεύω and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.'"
- Isaiah 28:16 πιστεύω therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -[stone] of sure foundation: he who believes shall not be in haste.
- Isaiah 43:10 πιστεύω You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
- Isaiah 53:1 πιστεύω Who has believed our message? and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
- Jeremiah 12:6 πιστεύω For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
- Jeremiah 25:8 πιστεύω Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Because you have not heard my words,
- Jeremiah 47:14 πιστεύω
- Lamentations 4:12 πιστεύω The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
- Habakkuk 1:5 πιστεύω "Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G4100) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
