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ἀπιστέω

apistéō · G569 · Greek · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to not believe, to disbelieve, to not think to be true

    To believe that something is not true

    Examples

    Mark 16:11 And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it.

    Luke 24:11 But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe the women.

    Luke 24:41 While they still could not believe it because of their joy and astonishment, He said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”

  2. To refuse to put one’s trust or reliance in something or someone (to not believe (in), to refuse to believe, to not trust in, unbelief)

    Examples

    Mark 16:16 “The one who has believed and has been baptized will be saved; but the one who has not believed will be condemned.

    2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

  3. to not be a believer, to be a non-Christian, to be an infidel, not believing, to be a pagan

    To not believe in the good news about Jesus Christ and hence not become a follower

    Examples

    Acts 28:24 Some were being persuaded by the things said by Paul, but others would not believe.

    Romans 3:3 What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?

    2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

How it’s used In 5 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

8 occurrences in 7 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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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Semantic domains 3 entries
To not be a believer, to be a non-Christian, to be an infidel, not believing, to be a pagan31.105
In Acts 14:2, at Iconium, “the unbelieving (apeithoũntes; the narrator's own description uses apistoũntes for the unbelieving Jews) Jews stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brothers,” characterizing a group by their settled non-belief rather than a single act of doubt.
To not believe, to disbelieve, to not think to be true31.39
In Luke 24:11, when the women reported the empty tomb, “these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe (ēpístoun) the women,” describing a report dismissed as simply not credible.
To not believe (in), to refuse to believe, to not trust in, unbelief31.97
In Mark 16:16, Jesus says, “the one who has believed and has been baptized will be saved; but the one who has not believed (apistḗsas) will be condemned,” describing a refusal of saving trust rather than mere factual doubt.
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×ἀπιστέωapistéō · G569ἀπείθεια apeítheia · G543 · to disobey, disobedience, to refuse to be a believer · 6×ἀπειθής 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 ἀπίστω; (imperfect ἠπίστουν); 1 aorist ἠπίστησα; (ἄπιστος); 1. to betray a trust, be…
ἀπίστω; (imperfect ἠπίστουν); 1 aorist ἠπίστησα; (ἄπιστος);
1. to betray a trust, be unfaithful: 2 Tim 2:13 (opposed to πιστός μένει); Rom 3:3; (others deny this sense in the N. T.; cf. Morison or Meyer on Romans, the passage cited; Ellicott on 2 Timothy, the passage cited).
2. to have no belief, disbelieve: in the news of Christ's resurrection, Mk 16:11; Lk 24:41; with dative of person, Lk 24:11; in the tidings concerning Jesus the Messiah, Mk 16:16 (opposed to πιστεύω) (so 1 Pet 2:7 T Tr WH); Acts 28:24. (In Greek writings from Homer down.)

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Believe To Be True3 occurrencesTrust, Rely2 occurrencesBe a Believer, Christian Faith4 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

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