πιστ-εύω,
future -εύσω:
pluperfect πεπιστεύκειν [
NT]: (πίστις):—
trust, put faith in, rely on a person, thing, or statement, τινι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; [σημείοις] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
adjective or
pronoun, λόγοις ἐμοῖσι πίστευσον τάδε
believe my words herein, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὸ ὄνομά τινος[
NT]:
absolutely,
believe, περὶ μὲν τούτου.. οὔτε ἀπιστέω οὔτε ὦν π. τι λίην [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαλεπὰ παντὶ ἑξῆς τεκμηρίῳ πιστεῦσαι although it is hard
to believe every single bit of evidence about them, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
entertain a confident opinion, [
Refs]:—
passive,
to be trusted or
believed, ἄνδρες ἄξιοι πιστεύεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πιστευθῆναι ὑπό τινος
enjoy his
confidence,[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὡς πιστευθησόμενος as if
he would be believed, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πιστεύονται [οἱ λόγοι] [
Refs]; ἐπιστεύοντο ἃ ἔλεγον they
were believed in what they said, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρόγνωσιν ἐπεπίστευντο
were believed to possess foreknowledge, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
2 comply, ὡς οὐχ ὑπείξων οὐδὲ πιστεύσων λέγει; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀπιστέω, [
Refs]
3 with
infinitive,
believe that, feel confident that a thing is, will be, has been, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ὡς.., ὅτι.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
infinitive is sometimes omitted, τὰ μὲν οὐ πιστεύουσιν οἱ νέοι (i.e. εἶναι or γεγονέναι) [
Refs]:—
passive, παρὰ Διὸς.. οἱ νόμοι πεπιστευμένοι ἦσαν γεγονέναι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πιστευθεὶς ἀληθεύσειν
believed sure to.., [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: without
infinitive, πιστευθείσης εἱμαρμένης αἴρεται πᾶσα νουθεσία [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4 with
dative et
infinitive, τοῖσι ἐπίστευε σιγᾶν to whom
he trusted that they would keep silence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5 have faith, [
NT]
II π. τινί τι
entrust something to another, τινὶ ἡγεμονίαν, χρήματα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
middle,
have entrusted to one, ἀρχήν
Berichte der russ. Akad. fuür Gesch. der materiellen Kultur [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —
passive, πιστεύεσθαί τι
to be entrusted with a thing,
have it
committed to one, παρά or ὑπό τινος, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]: with
infinitive, πιστευθέντας τοῖς ἐχθροῖς διαφθείρειν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: with
genitive, πιστευθεὶς τῆς Κύπρου [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
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