What does πιστεύω · μοί mean in the Bible?
e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)".
Greek · G4100, G3427
πιστεύετέ μοι
To trust (in) · to me
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πιστεύω G4100 to trust (in)
Pronunciation pisteúō
Belief directed toward a person (with εἰς) expresses trust and reliance, not mere intellectual assent.
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μοί G3427 to me
Pronunciation moí
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What does πιστεύετέ μοι (pisteuete moi) mean in the Bible?
πιστεύω · μοί is a Greek phrase meaning "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)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4100, G3427?
G4100, G3427 is connected to 241 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. 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)
Source Gloss
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)
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 241 Tenses Present, Aorist, Imperfect, Future, Perfect, Pluperfect Voices Active, Passive
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 77×
Present Active John 3:15 · John 3:16 · John 3:18 · John 3:36 · John 5:24 · John 6:35 · John 6:40 · John 6:47 · John 7:38 · John 11:25 · John 11:26 · John 12:44 · John 12:46 · John 14:12 · Acts 13:39 · Acts 24:14 54×
Aorist Active Luke 8:12 · John 7:39 · John 20:29 · Acts 19:2 · Eph 1:13 · 2 Thess 2:12 · Heb 4:3 · Mark 16:17 · Acts 11:17 · 2 Thess 1:10 · Mark 16:16 · Acts 11:21 · Luke 1:45 · Acts 4:32 · Jude 1:5 15×
Perfect Active Acts 15:5 · Titus 3:8 · Acts 19:18 · Acts 21:20 · John 8:31 · Acts 16:34 · Acts 18:27 · Acts 21:25 8×
Indicative states a fact or reality 113×
Aorist Active Matt 21:32 · Mark 16:13 · Mark 16:14 · John 2:11 · John 2:22 · John 2:23 · John 4:39 · John 4:41 · John 7:31 · John 8:30 · John 9:18 · John 10:42 · John 11:45 · John 12:42 · John 17:8 · Acts 4:4 48×
Present Active Matt 9:28 · John 3:12 · John 5:38 · John 5:47 · John 6:36 · John 8:45 · John 8:46 · John 10:25 · John 10:26 · John 14:1 · John 16:31 · John 1:50 · John 9:35 · John 11:26 · John 14:10 · Acts 26:27 36×
Perfect Active John 3:18 · 1 John 5:10 · John 6:69 · 1 John 4:16 · John 11:27 · 2 Tim 1:12 · John 16:27 · John 20:29 8×
Imperfect Active John 7:5 · John 12:11 · John 12:37 · Acts 18:8 · John 5:46 · John 2:24 7×
Future Active John 3:12 · John 5:47 · Matt 27:42 · Luke 16:11 · John 11:48 5×
Aorist Passive 2 Thess 1:10 · 1 Tim 3:16 · 1 Tim 1:11 · Titus 1:3 · Rom 3:2 5×
Perfect Passive 1 Cor 9:17 · Gal 2:7 2×
Pluperfect Active Acts 14:23 1×
Present Passive Rom 10:10 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 26×
Aorist Active Matt 24:23 · Matt 24:26 · Luke 22:67 · John 4:48 · John 8:24 · John 11:15 · John 13:19 · John 14:29 · Acts 13:41 · John 1:7 · John 11:42 · Acts 19:4 · Rom 10:14 · Mark 15:32 · John 6:30 · 1 John 3:23 20×
Present Active John 6:29 · John 10:38 · John 19:35 · John 20:31 · Mark 11:23 · John 17:21 6×
Imperative command or strong request 13×
Present Active Mark 1:15 · Mark 11:24 · Mark 13:21 · John 10:37 · John 10:38 · John 12:36 · John 14:11 · 1 John 4:1 · Mark 5:36 · John 4:21 11×
Aorist Active Luke 8:50 · Acts 16:31 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 12×
Aorist Active Matt 21:32 · John 5:44 · Acts 14:1 · Acts 15:7 · 2 Thess 2:11 · Heb 11:6 6×
Present Active Luke 24:25 · John 12:39 · Rom 15:13 · Phil 1:29 · 1 Tim 1:16 5×
Aorist Passive 1 Thess 2:4 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 240 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 113 aorist 97 perfect 17 imperfect 7 future 5 pluperfect 1
Voice
active 231 passive 9
Mood
indicative 112 participle 77 subjunctive 26 imperative 13 infinitive 12
NT Occurrences
Matthew 8:13 ἐπίστευσας aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:28 Πιστεύετε present active indicative ongoing Matthew 18:6 πιστευόντων present active participle participle Matthew 21:22 πιστεύοντες present active participle participle Matthew 21:25 ἐπιστεύσατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:32 ἐπιστεύσατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:32 ἐπίστευσαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:32 πιστεῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 24:23 πιστεύσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 24:26 πιστεύσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 27:42 πιστεύσομεν future active indicative prospective Mark 1:15 πιστεύετε present active imperative imperative Mark 5:36 πίστευε present active imperative imperative Mark 9:23 πιστεύοντι present active participle participle Mark 9:24 Πιστεύω present active indicative ongoing Mark 9:42 πιστευόντων present active participle participle Mark 11:23 πιστεύῃ present active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 11:24 πιστεύετε present active imperative imperative Mark 11:31 ἐπιστεύσατε aorist active indicative completed Mark 13:21 πιστεύετε present active imperative imperative Mark 15:32 πιστεύσωμεν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 16:13 ἐπίστευσαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 16:14 ἐπίστευσαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 16:16 πιστεύσας aorist active participle participle Mark 16:17 πιστεύσασιν aorist active participle participle Luke 1:20 ἐπίστευσας aorist active indicative completed Luke 1:45 πιστεύσασα aorist active participle participle Luke 8:12 πιστεύσαντες aorist active participle participle Luke 8:13 πιστεύουσιν present active indicative ongoing Luke 8:50 πίστευσον aorist active imperative imperative Luke 16:11 πιστεύσει future active indicative prospective Luke 20:5 ἐπιστεύσατε aorist active indicative completed Luke 22:67 πιστεύσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 24:25 πιστεύειν present active infinitive infinitive John 1:12 πιστεύουσιν present active participle participle John 1:50 πιστεύεις present active indicative ongoing John 1:7 πιστεύσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 2:11 ἐπίστευσαν aorist active indicative completed John 2:22 ἐπίστευσαν aorist active indicative completed John 2:23 ἐπίστευσαν aorist active indicative completed
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Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
πιστεύετέ μοι is built from this root:
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
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