Midvash

πιστεύωpisteúō

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)

Greek (New Testament) · G4100

Meanings

1. intransitive, to have faith (in), to believe; in classical Greek, with accusative, dative, in NT also with preposition (on the significance of the various constructions, see M, Pr., 67 f.; Vau. on Romans 4:5; Ellic. on 1 Timothy 1:16; Abbott, JV, 19-80): absolutely, Matthew 24:23, Matthew 24:26, Mark 13:21, 1 Corinthians 11:18; with accusative of thing, Acts 13:41, 1 Corinthians 13:7; with dative of person (to believe what one says), Mark 16:13, Mark 16:14, 1 John 4:1; τ. ψεύδει, 2 Thessalonians 2:11; περί... ὅτι, John 9:18; especially and most frequently with reference to religious belief: absolutely, Matthew 8:13, Mark 5:36, Luke 8:50, John 11:40, and elsewhere; followed by ὅτι, Matthew 9:28, and elsewhere; with dative, John 3:12, John 5:24, John 6:30, 8:31, Acts 16:34, Galatians 3:6(LXX), 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 John 5:10, and elsewhere; with preposition, , to believe in or on: ἐν (Psalms 77:22, and elsewhere), Mark 1:15; εἰς, Matthew 18:6, John 2:11, and frequently, Acts 10:43, Acts 19:4, Romans 10:14, Galatians 2:16, Philippians 1:29, 1 John 5:10, 1 Peter 1:8; εἰς τ. ὄνομα (see ὄνομα, John 1:12, John 2:23, John 2:23, 1 John 5:13; ἐπί, with accusative, Matthew 27:42, Acts 9:42, Acts 11:17, Acts 16:31, Acts 22:19, Romans 4:5; ἐπί, with dative, Romans 9:33(LXX) Romans 10:11(LXX), 1 Timothy 1:16, 1 Peter 2:6(LXX); participle present, οἱ π., as as a noun, Acts 2:44, Romans 3:22, 1 Corinthians 1:21, and elsewhere; aorist, Mark 16:16, Acts 4:32; perfect, Acts 19:18, Acts 21:20.

2. Trans., to entrust: with accusative et dative, Luke 16:11, John 2:24; passive, to be entrusted with: with accusative, Romans 3:2, 1 Corinthians 9:17, Galatians 2:7, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, 1 Timothy 1:11, Titus 1:3.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 237 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 8:13 Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant was healed that same hour.
  • Matthew 9:28 They went right into the house where he was staying, and Jesus asked them, “Do you believe I can make you see?” “Yes, Lord,” they told him, “we do.”
  • Matthew 18:6 But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
  • Matthew 21:22 You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
  • Matthew 21:25 “Did John’s authority to baptize come from heaven, or was it merely human?” They talked it over among themselves. “If we say it was from heaven, he will ask us why we didn’t believe John.
  • Matthew 21:32 For John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn’t believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to believe him and repent of your sins.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.