For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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πιστεύω
Vocabulary form:
πιστεύω
Definition:
I believe, trust
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
241
GK:
4409
Notes:
pisteuvw can take a direct object in either the dative or accusative. It is the cognate verb of the noun pivstiV and adjective pistovV.
Biblical Concordance
| Titus 1:3 | and revealed his word at the proper time in the proclamation, with (episteuthēn | ἐπιστεύθην | aor pass ind 1 sg) which I have been entrusted (episteuthēn | ἐπιστεύθην | aor pass ind 1 sg) by the command of God our Savior, |
| Titus 3:8 | Trustworthy is the saying, and I want you to insist emphatically on these things so that those who (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc) have (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc) believed (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc) in (pepisteukotes | πεπιστευκότες | perf act ptcp nom pl masc) God might be intent on devoting themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for people. |
| Hebrews 4:3 | For we who have (pisteusantes | πιστεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) believed (pisteusantes | πιστεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) do enter that rest, just as God has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They shall certainly not enter my rest,’” and yet his work has been completed since the foundation of the world |
| Hebrews 11:6 | and without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe (pisteusai | πιστεῦσαι | aor act inf ) that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. |
| James 2:19 | You believe (pisteueis | πιστεύεις | pres act ind 2 sg) that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe (pisteuousin | πιστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), and shudder. |
| James 2:23 | And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed (episteusen | ἐπίστευσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God. |
| 1 Peter 1:8 | Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though not seeing him now, yet believing (pisteuontes | πιστεύοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) in him, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and filled with glory, |
| 1 Peter 2:6 | For it says in scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in him will never be put to shame.” |
| 1 Peter 2:7 | Therefore the great value is to you who believe (pisteuousin | πιστεύουσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc); but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,” |
| 1 John 3:23 | And this is his commandment: that we believe (pisteusōmen | πιστεύσωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment. |
| 1 John 4:1 | Dear friends, do (pisteuete | πιστεύετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not believe (pisteuete | πιστεύετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) every spirit, but test the spirits to find out whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
| 1 John 4:16 | And we have come to know and to trust (pepisteukamen | πεπιστεύκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. |
| 1 John 5:1 | Everyone who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child. |
| 1 John 5:5 | Who is it that conquers the world, but the one who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) that Jesus is the Son of God? |
| 1 John 5:10 | The one who believes (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) does (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) not believe (pisteuōn | πιστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) God has made him out to be a liar, because he (pepisteuken | πεπίστευκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) has (pepisteuken | πεπίστευκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) not believed (pepisteuken | πεπίστευκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. |
| 1 John 5:13 | I am writing these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life — you who believe (pisteuousin | πιστεύουσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) in the name of the Son of God. |
| Jude 1:5 | Now I want to remind you, though you once knew all this, that the Lord, having saved his people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who (pisteusantas | πιστεύσαντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc) did (pisteusantas | πιστεύσαντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc) not believe (pisteusantas | πιστεύσαντας | aor act ptcp acc pl masc). |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
pisteuo as in 'psstt I believe you'