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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Believed

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

116exact KJV occurrences 22Old Testament 94New Testament 32books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 106occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 15:6

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Jude 1:5

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where believed appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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GreekG4100
πιστεύω

pisteúō · pist-yoo'-o

75 times translated as this KJV form271 total Strong's occurrences

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)

Strong's KJV usage: :--believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.

Strong's first: Matthew 8:13Strong's last: Jude 1:5

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HebrewH539
אָמַן

ʼâman · aw-man'

21 times translated as this KJV form108 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;

Strong's KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.

Strong's first: Genesis 15:6Strong's last: Jonah 3:5

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GreekG3982
πείθω

peíthō · pi'-tho

3 times translated as this KJV form63 total Strong's occurrences

to convince (by argument, true or false); by analogy, to pacify or conciliate (by other fair means); reflexively or passively, to assent (to evidence or authority), to rely (by inward certainty)

Strong's KJV usage: :--agree, assure, believe, have confidence, be (wax) conflent, make friend, obey, persuade, trust, yield.

Strong's first: Acts 17:4Strong's last: Acts 28:24

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GreekG4135
πληροφορέω

plērophoréō · play-rof-or-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

to carry out fully (in evidence), i.e. completely assure (or convince), entirely accomplish

Strong's KJV usage: :--most surely believe, fully know (persuade), make full proof of.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 1:1Strong's last: Luke 1:1

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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116 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

John 11:45
G4100

Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

John 12:11
G4100

Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

John 12:37
G4100

But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

John 12:38
G4100

That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

John 12:42
G4100

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

John 16:27
G4100

For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

John 17:8
G4100

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

John 20:8
G4100

Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

John 20:29
G4100

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

John 20:29
G4100

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Acts 2:44
G4100

And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

Acts 4:4
G4100

Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

Acts 4:32
G4100

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Acts 8:12
G4100

But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

Acts 8:13
G4100

Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

Acts 9:26
G4100

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

Acts 9:42
G4100

And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

Acts 10:45
G4103

And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 11:17
G4100

Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

Acts 11:21
G4100

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

Acts 13:12
G4100

Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

Acts 13:48
G4100

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

Acts 14:1
G4100

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Acts 14:23
G4100

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Acts 15:5
G4100

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

believed

BELIE'VED, participle passive Credited; assented to, as true.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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