Bible Dictionary: Believer

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.

2. (n.) One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel.

3. (n.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction.

Greek

4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness
... In short, 4102("faith") for the believer is "God's " ?�� and therefore distinct
from human belief (confidence), yet involving it. ...
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3534. nikos -- victory
... In the NT, this victory always refers to the conquest accomplished for the believer
(cf. ... Accordingly, death can exert conquest over the believer (1 Cor 15:55). ...
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25. agapao -- to love
... Cognate: 25 -- properly, to , to ; for the believer, "" (1 Jn 4:9,10), ie embracing
God's will (choosing His choices) and obeying them through His power. ...
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4135. plerophoreo -- to bring in full measure, to fulfill
... 4135 ("fully carry through") is used of God's power bringing the believer to potential,
"matching" their true knowledge of Him (cf. 1 Cor 12:13). ...
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166. aionios -- agelong, eternal
... and") -- properly, "" ("like-an-"), ie an "age-" (the quality describing a particular
age); (figuratively) the unique (reality) at work in the believer, ie as ...
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2167. euphrosune -- gladness
... Cognate: 2167 (from 2165 ) -- an () -- regulated from within by the Christ shares
with the believer through faith (cf. Phil 2:2-5 with 1 Jn 4:17). ...
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3008. leitourgeo -- to serve the state, ie by anal. to perform ...
... For the believer, 3011 () refers to the priestly-ministering they give to God --
which automatically impacts (for eternity) all who witness it. ...
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3453. mueo -- to initiate into the mysteries, hence to instruct
... 'I have been initiated' " (, 893).]. : of the Holy Spirit enables the believer to
learn "." By experiencing faith ("God's inworked persuasions"), every decision ...
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5545. chrisma -- an anointing, unction
... Cognate: 5545 (from 5548 , "anoint with oil") -- , referring to the ministry of
the , guiding the receptive believer into fullness of God's preferred-will (see ...
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5207. huios -- a son
... For the believer, becoming a son of God begins with being reborn () by
the heavenly Father -- through Christ (the work of the ). ...
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Library

The Examination and Rewarding of the Believer's Works.
... Chapter Eight The Churchward Results of the Redeemer's Return 5. The
Examination and Rewarding of the believer's works. "Behold, I ...
/.../pink/the redeemers return/5 the examination and rewarding.htm

The Believer's Challenge
... The Believer's Challenge. A Sermon ... What must be the strength when the whole four
are interlaced and intertwisted, and become the support of the believer? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the believers challenge.htm

A Believer's Privilege at Death
... 7. Death and the last day 2. A Believer's Privilege At Death. 'For to me
to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' Philippians 1: Hope ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/2 a believers privilege at.htm

On the Death of a Believer.
... FUNERAL HYMNS. Hymn 72 On the death of a believer. John Newton 8,6,8,6. On the death
of a believer. In vain my fancy strives to paint. The moment after death. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 72 on the death.htm

The Transformation of Each Believer into the Image of Our ...
... Chapter Eight The Churchward Results of the Redeemer's Return 4. The Transformation
of each believer into the Image of our glorified Saviour. ...
/.../pink/the redeemers return/4 the transformation of each.htm

The Believer not an Orphan. "I Will not Leave You Comfortless: I ...
... THE BELIEVER NOT AN ORPHAN. "I will not leave you comfortless: I will
come to you.""John xiv. 18. THE BELIEVER NOT AN ORPHAN. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till he come/the believer not an orphan.htm

The Believer's Dying Testament.
... THE BELIEVER'S DYING TESTAMENT. THE BELIEVER'S DYING TESTAMENT. 7,6,7,6. "I am now
ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.""2:Tim.4:6. ...
/.../borthwick/hymns from the land of luther/the believers dying testament.htm

Because for the Believer There is "No Judgment" and all Upon Earth ...
... Chapter Seven The Beneficiaries of the Redeemer's Return 5. Because for the believer
there is "no judgment" and all upon earth during the Tribulation period ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/5 because for the believer.htm

Christ the Believer's Husband
... Christ the Believer's Husband. Isaiah 54:5 " "For thy Maker is thy Husband." ... How
shall I set forth thy happiness, O believer, thou bride of God! ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/christ the believers husband.htm

Whether a Believer Can Marry an Unbeliever?
... OF DISPARITY OF WORSHIP AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO MARRIAGE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether
a believer can marry an unbeliever? Objection 1: It ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a believer can marry.htm

Thesaurus

Believer (15 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Believer (15 Occurrences). John 11:26 and every one
who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. ...
/b/believer.htm - 11k

Perseverance (27 Occurrences)
... Once justified and regenerated, the believer can neither totally nor finally fall
away from grace, but will certainly persevere therein and attain everlasting ...
/p/perseverance.htm - 18k

Witness (295 Occurrences)
... the man who "believeth on the Son of God," so as to prove him by reliance, He becomes
self-evidential in experience, verifying himself to the believer as the ...
/w/witness.htm - 44k

Faith (769 Occurrences)
... 43; 16:31). In this act of faith the believer appropriates and rests on
Christ alone as Mediator in all his offices. This assent ...
/f/faith.htm - 49k

Songs (100 Occurrences)
... Origen made the allegorical theory popular in the early church. As a Christian he
represented the bride as the church or the soul of the believer. ...
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Dwell (474 Occurrences)
... New Testament passages, of the indwelling of the Father or of the Godhead in Christ
(John 14:10 Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:9), of the believer in Christ ...
/d/dwell.htm - 42k

Malefactor (2 Occurrences)
... Sonship is the present possession of the believer in Christ (1 John 3:2). It will
be completed at the second coming of our Lord (Romans 8:23), at which time ...
/m/malefactor.htm - 49k

Predestination
... (3.) It brings the inquirer to absolute self-despair and the cordial embrace of
the free offer of Christ. (4.) In the case of the believer who has the witness ...
/p/predestination.htm - 26k

Pauline
... At all events, through the Spirit Christ is in the believer (Romans 8:10 Galatians
2:20; Galatians 4:19 Ephesians 3:17), or, what is the same thing, the ...
/p/pauline.htm - 38k

Song (207 Occurrences)
... Origen made the allegorical theory popular in the early church. As a Christian he
represented the bride as the church or the soul of the believer. ...
/s/song.htm - 78k

Bible Concordance

Believer (15 Occurrences)

John 11:26 and every one who is living and is a believer in me shall never, never die. Do you believe this?"
(WEY)

Acts 13:39 and in Him every believer is absolved from all offences, from which you could not be absolved under the Law of Moses.
(WEY)

Acts 16:1 And he came to Derbe and Lystra, and lo, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus son of a certain woman, a believing Jewess, but of a father, a Greek,
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:15 When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgement I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she made us go there.
(WEY NIV)

Romans 10:4 For as a means of righteousness Christ is the termination of Law to every believer.
(WEY)

Romans 16:10 Greetings to Apella, that veteran believer; and to the members of the household of Aristobulus.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 7:12 To the rest it is I who speak--not the Lord. If a brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, let him not send her away.
(Root in WEY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:13 and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;
(See RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 8:10 For if any one were to see you, who know the real truth of this matter, reclining at table in an idol's temple, would not his conscience (supposing him to be a weak believer)
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 8:11 Why, your knowledge becomes the ruin of the weak believer--your brother, for whom Christ died!
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 9:5 Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
(WEB ASV)

2 Corinthians 6:15 What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 3:9 So we see that it is those who possess faith that are blessed with believing Abraham.
(See NAS)

1 Timothy 5:16 If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Kings 18:3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Believer

Related Terms

Perseverance (27 Occurrences)

Witness (295 Occurrences)

Faith (769 Occurrences)

Songs (100 Occurrences)

Dwell (474 Occurrences)

Malefactor (2 Occurrences)

Predestination

Pauline