πιστεύω, [in LXX chiefly for אמן hi. ;] 1. intrans., to have faith (in), to believe; in cl., with accusative, dative, in NT also with prep, (on the significance of the various constructions, see M, Pr., 67f.; Vau. on Rz 4,5 Ellic. on 1 Tm 1,16 Abbott, JV, 19-80): absol., Mt 24,23.26 Mk 13,21, 1 Kor 11,18; with accusative of thing(s), Dz 13,41, 1 Kor 13,7; with dative of person(s) (to believe what one says), Mrk.16:[13, 14], 1 J 4,1; τ. ψεύδει, 2 Tes 2,11 περί . . . ὅτι, J 9,18 esp. and most frequently with reference to religious belief: absol., Mt 8,13, Mk 5,36, Łk 8,50, J 11,40, al.; before ὅτι, Mt 9,28, al.; with dative (see supr., and cf. DB, i, 829a), J 3,12; 5,24; 6,30; 8,31, Dz 16,34, Ga 3,6" (LXX), 2 Tm 1,12, 1 J 5,10, al.; with prep., (expressing personal trust and reliance as distinct from mere credence or belief; see M, Pr., l.with; DB, i, 829b), to believe in or on: ἐν (Psa.77 (78):22, al.), Mk 1,15 (see Swete, in l.); εἰς, Mt 18,6, J 2,11 (see Westc., in l.), and freq., Dz 10,43; 19,4, Rz 10,14, Ga 2,16, Flp 1,29, I J 5,10, 1 P 1,8; εἰς τ. ὄνομα, J 1,12; 2,23; 3,18, 1 J 5,13; ἐπί, with accusative, Mt 27,42, Dz 9,42; 11,17; 16,31; 22,19, Rz 4,5; ἐπί, with dative, Rz 9,33 (LXX) 10:11 (ib.), 1 Tm 1,16, 1 P 2,6" (LXX) ; ptcp. pres., οἱ π., as subst., Dz 2,44, Rz 3,22, 1 Kor 1,21, al.; aor., Mrk.16:[16], Dz 4,32; pf., Dz 19,18; 21,20 (on Johannine use of the tenses of π., see Westc, Epp. Jo., 120). 2. Trans., to entrust: with accusative and dative, Łk 16,11, J 2,24; pass., to be entrusted with: with accusative, Rz 3,2, 1 Kor 9,17, Ga 2,7, 1 Tes 2,4 (see Lft., Notes, 21f.), 1 Tm 1,11, Tt 1,3. (AS)