πιστεύω pisteuō

Greek word for “to trust (in)” · Strong’s G4100 · used 241 times in 217 verses

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Meaning

πιστεύω; 1. intrans., to have faith (in), to believe;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pisteuō in context, with how often each is used:

• believing 58
• believe 38
• believed 36
• having believed 21
• may believe 17
• do believe 15
• have believed 7
• shall believe 6
• has believed 5
• did you believe 3
• did believe 3
• believes 3

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 6 (8), John 11 (8), John 12 (8), John 4 (7), Romans 4 (6), Romans 10 (6), John 3 (5), John 5 (5), John 7 (5), John 8 (5)

Forms

• πιστεύων 24
• ἐπίστευσαν 22
• πιστεύετε 17
• πιστεύουσιν 14
• ἐπίστευσεν 14
• πιστεύσητε 11
• πιστεύοντες 7
• ἐπιστεύσατε 7
• πιστεύσαντες 7
• πιστεύεις 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pisteuō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πολύς polus “much” 22
• λόγος logos “word” 21
• εἰ ei “if” 20
• ἐάν ean “if” 17
• ζωή zōē “life” 12
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 14
• τε te “and/both” 13
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 16
• σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 10
• πατήρ patēr “father” 15
• περί peri “about” 14
• υἱός uhios “son” 14

Key verses

The verses using pisteuō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
• John 3:36 — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
• John 17:21 — That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
• John 20:31 — But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
• Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• Romans 4:11 — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as…
• 1 Timothy 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,…
• 2 Timothy 1:12 — For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that…
• 1 Peter 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.