What does believe mean?

Answer 1

I guess it has two meanings. One is simply believing a statement to be true. For example, If you tell me how many miles away the moon is, I will believe you.
The other is "believing in", or trusting. Now if you were to send me to the moon in a rocket, and it could only make it to the mooon if your distance was calculated exactly right, then I would have to "believe in" your calculations! I would have to trust to get in that rocket!
What Jesus asks of us is not that we believe facts presented in the Bible, but that we "believe in" him; that we entrust our lives and our eternities in His hands. And that is faith.

Answer 2

I think there is confusion about this because many people think that if you ever are in a doubtful mood, it means you don't believe. We can't always control our moods, and when we are feeling "down", doubts come to mind. But faith is remembering what we have experienced, and holding to that memory despite passing moods. When you remember that yesterday you swam without drowning, it makes it possible for you to get back into the water today despite your gloomy suspicion that you'll sink. In the same way, when you remember the times when God has been near and directly and personally present in your life, it makes it possible to go on believing and trusting during the "dry times" when you feel like there's nobody there. Believing is holding on to what you know, even when it contradicts your mood. It's an act of memory and will, not a thing of feeling or emotion.

Answer 3

1 a : to have a firm religious faith b : to accept as true, genuine, or real
2 : to have a firm conviction as to the goodness, efficacy, or ability of something
3 : to hold an opinion : THINK

Answer 4

Belief is seeing the effect but not the cause and sticking to it to achieve the same effect or as part of principled stand in life.

Example: I believe in karma. I saw the effect of my action to myself but had no proof it was due to that. But the cause and effect is phenomenal and repeatitive with the cause confined in the belief area. I adopted it and put it in practice.

Answer 5

be·lieve /bɪˈliv/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bi-leev] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -lieved, -liev·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.

Answer 6

believe
1) the have the essential data, the gospel facts
2) to accept the data as true
3) to love the truth, lean on it and treasure it, being changed as a result

Answer 7

It means to have strong conviction or faith in something. Jus as we have strong faith in Jehovah>

Answer 8

to believe in a fiction

Answer 9

To a Christian, it's having faith.