G4100 - πιστεύω - pisteúō - pist-yoo'-o - Believe
Original: πιστεύω
Transliteration: pisteúō
Phonetic: pist-yoo'-o
Short Definition: Believe
- Original:
- 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
- Origin: from G4102 - TDNT entry: 08:54,8 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: 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.