πιστεύω

pisteúō · Greek · Strong's G4100 · 241 occurrences

The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “commit”

What it means

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)

from G4102 (πίστις);

How the KJV renders it

believe, commit, put in trust with

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“commit”

also renders prássō (G4238), ergázomai (G2038), eáō (G1439), poiéō (G4160), paradídōmi (G3860), porneúō (G4203), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), paratíthēmi (G3908), gâlal (H1556), zânâh (H2181), châṭâʼ (H2398), mâʻal (H4603), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâʻal (H6466), pâqad (H6485)

“believe”

also renders peíthō (G3982), pístis (G4102), ʼâman (H539), ʼăman (H540)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

241 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 1:21 · V-PAP-APM

For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 3:5 · V-AAI-2P

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

1 Corinthians 9:17 · V-RPI-1S

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

1 Corinthians 11:18 · V-PAI-1S

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

1 Corinthians 13:7 · V-PAI-3S

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

1 Corinthians 14:22 · V-PAP-DPM

Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.

1 Corinthians 15:2 V-AAI-2P1 Corinthians 15:11 V-AAI-2P1 John 3:23 V-AAS-1P1 John 4:1 V-PAM-2P1 John 4:16 V-RAI-1P1 John 5:1 V-PAP-NSM1 John 5:5 V-PAP-NSM1 John 5:10 V-PAP-NSM1 John 5:13 V-PAP-DPM1 Peter 1:8 V-PAP-NPM1 Peter 2:6 V-PAP-NSM1 Peter 2:7 V-PAP-DPM1 Thessalonians 1:7 V-PAP-DPM1 Thessalonians 2:4 V-APN1 Thessalonians 2:10 V-PAP-DPM1 Thessalonians 2:13 V-PAP-DPM1 Thessalonians 4:14 V-PAI-1P1 Timothy 1:11 V-API-1S1 Timothy 1:16 V-PAN1 Timothy 3:16 V-API-3S2 Corinthians 4:13 V-AAI-1S2 Thessalonians 1:10 V-AAP-DPM2 Thessalonians 2:11 V-AAN2 Thessalonians 2:12 V-AAP-NPM2 Timothy 1:12 V-RAI-1SActs 2:44 V-AAP-NPMActs 4:4 V-AAI-3PActs 4:32 V-AAP-GPMActs 5:14 V-PAP-NPMActs 8:12 V-AAI-3PActs 8:13 V-AAI-3SActs 9:26 V-PAP-NPMActs 9:42 V-AAI-3PActs 10:43 V-PAP-ASMActs 11:17 V-AAP-DPMActs 11:21 V-AAP-NSMActs 13:12 V-AAI-3SActs 13:39 V-PAP-NSMActs 13:41 V-AAS-2PActs 13:48 V-AAI-3PActs 14:1 V-AANActs 14:23 V-LAI-3PActs 15:5 V-RAP-NPMActs 15:7 V-AANActs 15:11 V-PAI-1PActs 16:31 V-AAM-2SActs 16:34 V-RAP-NSMActs 17:12 V-AAI-3PActs 17:34 V-AAI-3PActs 18:8 V-AAI-3SActs 18:27 V-RAP-DPMActs 19:2 V-AAP-NPMActs 19:4 V-AAS-3PActs 19:18 V-RAP-GPM

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