KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 4:1
Complete exact-word concordance
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Those by the way side, are they that heare: then commeth the deuil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, least they should beleeue, and be saued.
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
They on the rocke, are they which when they heare, receiue the word with ioy; and these haue no roote, which for a while beleeue, and in time of temptation fall away.
But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
But when Iesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Feare not, beleeue onely, and she shalbe made whole.
Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
Art thou the Christ? Tell vs. And hee said vnto them, If I tell you, you will not beleeue.
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Then hee saide vnto them, O fooles, and slow of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken:
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Historical English dictionary sources
To credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of something upon the declaration of another, or upon evidence. To have a firm persuasion of any thing. To believe in is to hold as the object of faith. To believe on is to trust, to place full confidence in, to rest upon with faith.
