Word

ἀπείθεια

apeítheia · G543 · Greek · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to disobey, disobedience

Unwillingness or refusal to comply with the demands of some authority

Examples
Romans 11:30 For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,
Romans 11:32 For God has shut up all in disobedience, so that He may show mercy to all.
Ephesians 2:2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
to refuse to be a believer, to reject the Christian message, to refuse to believe

To refuse to believe the Christian message

Examples
Ephesians 2:2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:6 Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience,
Hebrews 4:11 Therefore let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὗτοςthis 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

διάthrough 2
εἰςto 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 2 groups

υἱόςson 3
ὑπόδειγμαmodel 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

παρακοή parakoḗ · G3876 · to refuse to listen, to refuse to obey, disobedience: Both terms denote disobedience toward divine authority. ἀπείθεια spans both outright unbelief or rejection and disobedience more generally, while παρακοή centers more narrowly on a refusal to listen or heed. The genuine convergence lies in the shared concept of resistance to a divine command, differentiated by whether the emphasis falls on obstinate unbelief or on a failure to attend and obey.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To refuse to be a believer, to reject the Christian message, to refuse to believe31.107: In Hebrews 4:6, the writer says that “those who previously had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience (apeítheias),” describing the wilderness generation's failure to enter as a rejection of the message brought to them, not merely a moral lapse.
To disobey, disobedience36.23: In Romans 11:30, Paul tells Gentile believers, “you once were disobedient (ēpeithḗsate) to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience (apeitheíai),” describing a general failure to submit to God's will.

Word family 18 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πείθω peíthō · G3982 · to persuade, to convince, to rely on · 52×πίστις pístis · G4102 · what can be fully believed, that which is worthy of belief, believable evidence · 243×πιστεύω pisteúō · G4100 · to believe, to think to be true, to regard as trustworthy · 241×πιστός pistós · G4103 · one who trusts in, trusting, faithful · 67×ἄπιστος ápistos · G571 · unbelievable, impossible to be believed, to be unbelieving · 23×ἀπειθέω apeithéō · G544 · to disobey, disobedience, to refuse to be a believer · 14×ἀπιστία apistía · G570 · unbelief, unfaithfulness, lack of faith · 11×ἀπιστέω apistéō · G569 · to not believe, to disbelieve, to not think to be true · 8×ἀπείθειαapeítheia · G543ἀπειθής apeithḗs · G545 · disobedient · 6×πειθαρχέω peitharchéō · G3980 · to obey · 4×πιστικός pistikós · G4101 · pure · 2×ἀναπείθω anapeíthō · G374 · to persuade, to incite · 1×εὐπειθής eupeithḗs · G2138 · one who is easily persuaded, open to reason · 1×πειθός peithós · G3981 · persuasive, convincing · 1×πεισμονή peismonḗ · G3988 · that which persuades, the means of convincing · 1×πιθανολογία pithanología · G4086 · convincing speech, plausible language · 1×πιστόω pistóō · G4104 · to come to believe · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (WH ἀπειθια, except in Heb. as below (see Iota)), ἀπειθας, ἡ (ἀπειθής), disobedience…

(WH ἀπειθια, except in Heb. as below (see Iota)), ἀπειθας, ἡ (ἀπειθής), disobedience (Jerome,inobedientia), obstinacy, and in the N. T. particularly obstinate opposition to the divine will: Rom 11:30, Rom 11:32; Heb 4:6, Heb 4:11; υἱοί τῆς ἀπειθείας, those who are animated by this obstinacy (see υἱός, 2), used of the Gentiles: Eph 2:2; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6 (R G L brackets). (Xenophon, mem. 3, 5, 5; Plutarch, others.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Be a Believer, Christian Faith3 occurrences Obey, Disobey7 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0