Pisteúō — G4100

G4100 · Greek — πιστεύω

Pronunciation: pist-yoo'-o

Definition

verb

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)

  1. intransitive, to think to be true
    1. universally
    2. specifically, in a moral and religious reference, πιστεύειν is used in the N. T. of "the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of his soul"
  2. transitively, τίνι τί, to intrust a thing to one, i. e. to his fidelity

Usually translated as

believe, commit, believer, put in trust with

Origin

from G4102

Occurrences

Pisteúō occurs 249 times in 221 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (9), Mark (14), Luke (9), John (87), Acts (36), Romans (20), 1 Corinthians (8), 2 Corinthians (1), Galatians (4), Ephesians (2), Philippians (1), 1 Thessalonians (5), 2 Thessalonians (3), 1 Timothy (3), 2 Timothy (1), Titus (2), Hebrews (2), James (2), 1 Peter (4), 1 John (7), Jude (1)

Strong's Lexicon — P