ἘΜΠΙΣΤΕΥΣΑΙ, ἐμπιστευσαι
EMPISTEUSAI, empisteusai
Sounds Like: em-pis-TEV-sai
Translations: to entrust, to commit, to be entrusted with, to believe, to have confidence in
From the root: ἘΜΠΙΣΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'ἐμπιστεύω'. It means 'to entrust' or 'to commit' something to someone, implying a sense of trust or confidence in the recipient. It can also mean 'to be entrusted with' something, or 'to believe' in someone/something, or 'to have confidence in' someone/something. It is used to express the act of placing trust or responsibility.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1702 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:61
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΙΣΤΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΠΙΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ — to entrust, to commit, to put faith in, to believe, to be entrusted with
- ἘΜΠΙΣΤΕΥΘΕΝΤΑ — entrusted, committed, having been entrusted, the one entrusted
- ἘΜΠΙΣΤΕΥΣΑΣ — having entrusted, having committed, having believed, having put faith in
- ἘΜΠΙΣΤΕΥΣΗΣ — to entrust, to commit, to put trust in, to believe, to have faith in
- ἘΝΠΙΣΤΕΥΘΗΣΕΣΘΕ — you will be entrusted, you will be committed, you will be believed
- ἘΝΠΙΣΤΕΥΣΗΣ — you may entrust, you may commit, you may put faith in, you may trust
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