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πιστεύω pisteuō

“to trust (in)” · 241 times in the New Testament

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  • “believed” 89
  • “believe” 76
  • “did not believe” 8
  • “believers” 8
  • “do not believe” 7
  • other ways 53
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew11
Mark14
Luke9
John98
Acts37
Romans21
1 Corinthians9
2 Corinthians2
Galatians4
Ephesians2
Philippians1
1 Thessalonians5
2 Thessalonians4
1 Timothy3
2 Timothy1
Titus2
Hebrews2
James3
1 Peter3
1 John9
Jude1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. believed89
  2. believe76
  3. believers8
  4. did not believe8
  5. do not believe7
  6. do you believe4
  7. entrust4
  8. did you not believe3
  9. believe it2
  10. does not believe2
  11. entrusted with2
  12. never believe2
  13. 31 other ways34

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“believed” 89
  • Matthew 1

    • 8:13 …the centurion Go As you have believed so will it be…
  • Mark 3

    • 9:23 …possible to him who believes
    • 11:23 …in his heart but believes that it will happen…
    • 16:16 …Whoever believes and is baptized will…
  • Luke 1

    • 1:45 …Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word…
  • John 37

    • 2:11 …glory and His disciples believed in Him…
    • 2:22 …had said this Then they believed the Scripture and the…
    • 2:23 …signs He was doing and believed in His name…
    • 3:15 …that everyone who believes in Him may have…
    • 3:16 …Son that everyone who believes in Him shall not…
    • 3:18 …Whoever believes in Him is not…
    • 3:36 …Whoever believes in the Son has…
    • 4:39 …Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of…
    • 4:41 …And many more believed because of His message…
    • 4:53 …and all his household believed
    • 5:24 …hears My word and believes Him who sent Me…
    • 5:46 …If you had believed Moses you would believe…
    • 6:35 …never hunger and whoever believes in Me will never…
    • 6:40 …to the Son and believes in Him shall have…
    • 6:47 …tell you he who believes has eternal life…
    • 7:31 …in the crowd however believed in Him and said…
    • 7:38 …Whoever believes in Me as the…
    • 7:39 …Spirit whom those who believed in Him were later…
    • 7:48 …the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him…
    • 8:30 …spoke these things many believed in Him…
    • 10:42 …many in that place believed in Jesus…
    • 11:25 …and the life Whoever believes in Me will live…
    • 11:26 …everyone who lives and believes in Me will never…
    • 11:40 …tell you that if you believed you would see the…
    • 11:45 …seen what Jesus did believed in Him…
    • 12:11 …were deserting them and believing in Jesus…
    • 12:38 …the prophet Lord who has believed our message And to…
    • 12:42 …many of the leaders believed in Him But because…
    • 12:44 …Jesus cried out Whoever believes in Me does not…
    • 12:46 …that no one who believes in Me should remain…
    • 14:12 …I tell you whoever believes in Me will also…
    • 16:27 …have loved Me and have believed that I came from…
    • 17:8 …came from You and they believed that You sent Me…
    • 20:8 …And he saw and believed
    • 20:29 …you have seen Me you have believed blessed are those who…
    • 20:29 …not seen and yet have believed
    • 20:31 …of God and that by believing you may have life…
  • Acts 20

    • 4:4 …who heard the message believed and the number of…
    • 8:12 …But when they believed Philip as he preached…
    • 8:13 …Even Simon himself believed and was baptized He…
    • 9:26 …afraid of him not believing that he was a…
    • 9:42 …Joppa and many people believed in the Lord…
    • 10:43 …Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness…
    • 11:21 …great number of people believed and turned to the…
    • 13:12 …saw what had happened he believed for he was astonished…
    • 13:39 …Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything…
    • 13:48 …appointed for eternal life believed
    • 14:1 …of Jews and Greeks believed
    • 14:23 …the Lord in whom they had believed
    • 17:12 …result many of them believed along with quite a…
    • 17:34 …But some joined him and believed including Dionysius the Areopagite…
    • 18:8 …and his whole household believed in the Lord And…
    • 18:8 …who heard the message believed and were baptized…
    • 18:27 …those who by grace had believed
    • 19:18 …Many who had believed now came forward confessing…
    • 21:20 …many thousands of Jews have believed and all of them…
    • 22:19 …and beat those who believed in You…
  • Romans 9

    • 1:16 …salvation to everyone who believes first to the Jew…
    • 4:3 …the Scripture say Abraham believed God and it was…
    • 4:5 …does not work but believes in Him who justifies…
    • 4:17 …of God in whom he believed the God who gives…
    • 4:18 …hope Abraham in hope believed and so became the…
    • 9:33 …and the one who believes in Him will never…
    • 10:4 …righteousness to everyone who believes
    • 10:11 …Scripture says Anyone who believes in Him will never…
    • 10:16 …Isaiah says Lord who has believed our message…
  • 1 Corinthians 4

    • 3:5 …are servants through whom you believed as the Lord has…
    • 13:7 …It bears all things believes all things hopes all…
    • 15:2 …preached to you Otherwise you have believed in vain…
    • 15:11 …and this is what you believed
  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 4:13 …with what is written I believed therefore I have spoken…
  • Galatians 2

    • 2:16 …Christ So we too have believed in Christ Jesus that…
    • 3:6 …So also Abraham believed God and it was…
  • Ephesians 1

    • 1:13 …Him having heard and believed the word of truth…
  • 1 Thessalonians 1

    • 2:10 …was among you who believed

And 9 more, on the full page.

“believe” 76
  • Matthew 3

    • 18:6 …these little ones who believe in Me to stumble…
    • 21:32 …you did not repent and believe him…
    • 27:42 …from the cross and we will believe in Him…
  • Mark 5

    • 1:15 …is near Repent and believe in the gospel…
    • 5:36 …not be afraid just believe
    • 9:42 …these little ones who believe in Me to stumble…
    • 11:24 …ask for in prayer believe that you have received…
    • 15:32 …we may see and believe And even those who…
  • Luke 3

    • 8:13 …have no root They believe for a season but…
    • 8:50 …not be afraid just believe and she will be…
    • 24:25 …and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets…
  • John 37

    • 3:12 …do not believe how will you believe if I tell you…
    • 4:21 Believe Me woman Jesus replied…
    • 4:42 …said to the woman We now believe not only because of…
    • 5:38 …because you do not believe the One He sent…
    • 5:44 …How can you believe if you accept glory…
    • 5:47 …what he wrote how will you believe what I say…
    • 6:29 …God is this to believe in the One He…
    • 6:30 …may see it and believe You What will You…
    • 6:36 …still you do not believe
    • 6:69 …We believe and know that You…
    • 8:24 …your sins For unless you believe that I am He…
    • 8:46 …why do you not believe Me…
    • 9:18 …Jews still did not believe that the man had…
    • 9:35 …and said Do you believe in the Son of…
    • 9:36 …Tell me so that I may believe in Him…
    • 9:38 …Lord I believe he said And he…
    • 10:26 …My sheep you refuse to believe
    • 10:37 …Father then do not believe Me…
    • 10:38 …do not believe Me believe the works themselves so…
    • 11:15 …not there so that you may believe But let us go…
    • 11:27 …Lord she answered I believe that You are the…
    • 11:42 …people standing here so they may believe that You sent Me…
    • 11:48 …on like this everyone will believe in Him and then…
    • 12:36 …you have the Light believe in the Light so…
    • 12:39 …reason they were unable to believe For again Isaiah says…
    • 12:44 …in Me does not believe in Me alone but…
    • 13:19 …it comes to pass you will believe that I am He…
    • 14:1 …your hearts be troubled You believe in God believe in…
    • 14:1 …You believe in God believe in Me as well…
    • 14:11 Believe Me that I am…
    • 14:11 …Me or at least believe on account of the…
    • 14:29 …when it does happen you will believe
    • 16:30 …You Because of this we believe that You came from…
    • 17:20 …behalf of those who will believe in Me through their…
    • 17:21 …so that the world may believe that You sent Me…
    • 19:35 …so that you also may believe
    • 20:31 …are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the…
  • Acts 6

    • 15:7 …of the gospel and believe
    • 15:11 …On the contrary we believe it is through the…
    • 16:31 …They replied Believe in the Lord Jesus…
    • 19:4 …told the people to believe in the One coming…
    • 24:14 …they call a sect I believe everything that is laid…
    • 27:25 …take courage men for I believe God that it will…
  • Romans 6

    • 3:22 …Christ to all who believe There is no distinction…
    • 4:11 …father of all who believe but are not circumcised…
    • 4:24 …credited for us who believe in Him who raised…
    • 6:8 …we died with Christ we believe that we will also…
    • 10:9 …Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that…
    • 10:10 …For with your heart you believe and are justified and…
  • 1 Corinthians 2

    • 1:21 …to save those who believe
    • 11:18 …you and in part I believe it…
  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 4:13 …spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak…
  • Galatians 1

    • 3:22 …given to those who believe
  • Ephesians 1

    • 1:19 …power to us who believe These are in accordance…
  • Philippians 1

    • 1:29 …of Christ not only to believe in Him but also…
  • 1 Thessalonians 2

    • 2:13 …work in you who believe
    • 4:14 …For since we believe that Jesus died and…
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

    • 2:11 …delusion so that they believe the lie…
  • 1 Timothy 1

    • 1:16 …to those who would believe in Him for eternal…
  • Hebrews 1

    • 11:6 …who approaches Him must believe that He exists and…
  • James 1

    • 2:19 …You believe that God is one…
  • 1 Peter 2

    • 1:8 …not see Him now you believe in Him and rejoice…
    • 2:7 …To you who believe then this stone is…
  • 1 John 2

    • 4:16 …come to know and believe the love that God…
    • 5:13 …things to you who believe in the name of…
“did not believe” 8
  • Matthew 1

    • 21:32 …way of righteousness and you did not believe him but the tax…
  • Mark 2

    • 16:13 …it to the rest but they did not believe them either…
    • 16:14 …hardness of heart because they did not believe those who had seen…
  • Luke 1

    • 1:20 …comes to pass because you did not believe my words which will…
  • John 3

    • 6:64 …beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray…
    • 7:5 …even His own brothers did not believe in Him…
    • 10:25 …you Jesus replied but you did not believe The works I do…
  • Jude 1

    • 1:5 …He destroyed those who did not believe
“believers” 8
  • Acts 5

    • 2:44 …All the believers were together and had…
    • 4:32 …The multitude of believers was one in heart…
    • 5:14 …Yet more and more believers were brought to the…
    • 15:5 …But some believers from the party of…
    • 21:25 …As for the Gentile believers we have written to…
  • 1 Corinthians 2

    • 14:22 …a sign not for believers but for unbelievers Prophecy…
    • 14:22 …Prophecy however is for believers not for unbelievers…
  • 1 Thessalonians 1

    • 1:7 …example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia…
“do not believe” 7
  • John 6

    • 3:12 …about earthly things and you do not believe how will you believe…
    • 5:47 …But since you do not believe what he wrote how…
    • 6:64 …some of you who do not believe For Jesus had known…
    • 8:45 …I speak the truth you do not believe Me…
    • 10:38 …doing them even though you do not believe Me believe the works…
    • 16:9 …regard to sin because they do not believe in Me…
  • 1 John 1

    • 4:1 …Beloved do not believe every spirit but test…
“do you believe” 4
  • Matthew 1

    • 9:28 …men came to Him Do you believe that I am able…
  • John 2

    • 1:50 …Jesus said to him Do you believe just because I told…
    • 11:26 …Me will never die Do you believe this…
  • Acts 1

    • 26:27 …King Agrippa do you believe the prophets I know…
“entrust” 4
  • Luke 1

    • 16:11 …with worldly wealth who will entrust you with true riches…
  • John 1

    • 2:24 …But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them for…
  • 1 Timothy 1

    • 1:11 …God with which I have been entrusted
  • Titus 1

    • 1:3 …evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the…
“did you not believe” 3
  • Matthew 1

    • 21:25 …will ask Why then did you not believe him…
  • Mark 1

    • 11:31 …will ask Why then did you not believe him…
  • Luke 1

    • 20:5 …He will ask Why did you not believe him…
“believe it” 2
  • Matthew 2

    • 24:23 …He is do not believe it
    • 24:26 …inner rooms do not believe it
“not believe” 2
  • Luke 2

    • 8:12 …their hearts so that they may not believe and be saved…
    • 22:67 …If I tell you you will not believe
“who believed” 2
  • John 1

    • 1:12 …receive Him to those who believed in His name He…
  • Acts 1

    • 11:17 …gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus…
“does not believe” 2
  • John 1

    • 3:18 …not condemned but whoever does not believe has already been condemned…
  • 1 John 1

    • 5:10 …this testimony within whoever does not believe God has made Him…
“not believed” 2
  • John 1

    • 3:18 …already been condemned because he has not believed in the name of…
  • 1 John 1

    • 5:10 …be a liar because he has not believed in the testimony that…
“never believe” 2
  • John 2

    • 4:48 …see signs and wonders you will never believe
    • 20:25 …hand into His side I will never believe
“entrusted with” 2
  • Romans 1

    • 3:2 …way First of all they have been entrusted with the very words of…
  • 1 Thessalonians 1

    • 2:4 …those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel not in…
“if you believe” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 21:22 If you believe you will receive whatever…
“did” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 21:32 …tax collectors and prostitutes did And even after you…
“do believe” 1
  • Mark 1

    • 9:24 …boy’s father cried out I do believe help my unbelief…
“do not believe it” 1
  • Mark 1

    • 13:21 …or There He is do not believe it
“who believe” 1
  • Mark 1

    • 16:17 …signs will accompany those who believe In My name they…
“might believe” 1
  • John 1

    • 1:7 …that through him everyone might believe
“took” 1
  • John 1

    • 4:50 …will live The man took Jesus at His word…
“would believe” 1
  • John 1

    • 5:46 …you had believed Moses you would believe Me because he wrote…
“who had believed” 1
  • John 1

    • 8:31 …said to the Jews who had believed Him If you continue…
“still did not believe” 1
  • John 1

    • 12:37 …signs in their presence they still did not believe in Him…
“do you not believe” 1
  • John 1

    • 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in…
“do you finally believe” 1
  • John 1

    • 16:31 Do you finally believe Jesus replied…
“would never believe” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 13:41 …in your days that you would never believe even if someone told…
“come to believe” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 16:34 …all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God…
“when you became believers” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 19:2 …receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers No they answered we…
“do” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 26:27 …the prophets I know you do
“whom they have not believed” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 10:14 …call on the One in whom they have not believed And how can they…
“can they believe in the one” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 10:14 …not believed And how can they believe in the One of whom they have…
“first believed” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 13:11 …nearer now than when we first believed
“faith” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 14:2 …For one person has faith to eat all things…
“believe in him” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 15:13 …and peace as you believe in Him so that you may…
“am still entrusted with” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 9:17 …it is not voluntary I am still entrusted with a responsibility…
“entrusted to preach” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 2:7 …contrary they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the…
“who have believed” 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

    • 1:10 …have believed including you who have believed our testimony…
“disbelieved” 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

    • 2:12 …come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted…
“believed in” 1
  • 1 Timothy 1

    • 3:16 …proclaimed among the nations was believed in throughout the world was…
“believe that” 1
  • James 1

    • 2:19 …you Even the demons believe that and shudder…
“should believe” 1
  • 1 John 1

    • 3:23 …is His commandment that we should believe in the name of…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.