Strong G569ἀπιστέω
to disbelieve
- Transliteration
- apisteō
- Pronunciation
- ap-is-teh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G571; to be unbelieving that is (transitively) disbelieve or (by implication) disobey: - believe not.
Detailed definition
ἀπιστέω, -ῶ
(ἄπιστος), [in LXX: Wis.1:2 10:7 12:17 18:13, Sir.1:27, 2Ma.8:13 *;]
1. to disbelieve, be faithless: Mrk.16:11, 16, Luk.24:11, 41, Act.28:24, 1Pe.2:7; so prob. also Rom.3:3, 2Ti.2:13 (ICC, CGT, in ll; MM, see word).
2. = ἀπειθέω (Hdt.; on this sense in Ro, 2Ti, ll. with, see Vaughan on Ro, l.with; Lft., Notes, 265; Thayer, see word).†
(AS)
(ἄπιστος), [in LXX: Wis.1:2 10:7 12:17 18:13, Sir.1:27, 2Ma.8:13 *;]
1. to disbelieve, be faithless: Mrk.16:11, 16, Luk.24:11, 41, Act.28:24, 1Pe.2:7; so prob. also Rom.3:3, 2Ti.2:13 (ICC, CGT, in ll; MM, see word).
2. = ἀπειθέω (Hdt.; on this sense in Ro, 2Ti, ll. with, see Vaughan on Ro, l.with; Lft., Notes, 265; Thayer, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G569 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- believe6
- believeth1
- not1
First verses
- Mark 16:11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
- Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- Luke 24:11And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
- Luke 24:41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
- Acts 28:24And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
- Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- 2 Timothy 2:13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπιστ-έω,
future passive ἀπιστηθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 32.10, but ἀπιστήσομαι in _passive_ sense, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450c)]:—to be ἄπιστος, and so:
I disbelieve, distrust, ἐγὼ τὸ μὲν οὔ ποτ᾽ ἀπίστεον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.339; τύχην ἀ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1130; πάντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 775, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28 (assuming variant), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 5.6, 8.7:)] —passive, τὴν γνῶσιν τοῦ οἰκείου ἀπιστεῖσθαι was distrusted, i.e. no one could be sure of knowing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44; ἀ. ἐν μαρτυρίαις 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.7; ἐπειδὰν γνῶσιν ἀπιστούμενοι, οὐ φιλοῦσι τοὺς ἀπιστοῦντας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.17, compare “Hier.” 4.1; ὑπὸ τῆς πατρίδος [prev. author] “Smp.” 4.29, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 271b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.49:)] —but mostly,
I.2 with dative person, κρατέουσιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 5.1, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.83, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319b, etc.: so with _dative_ _of things_, τῷ χρησμῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.158; πῶς ἀπιστήσω λόγοι; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1350, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.86; ἀ.τῇ ἐξ αὑτῶν ξυνέσει [prev. author] 3.37; τοῖς ἰάμασιν “IG” 4.951.24 (Epid.); ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1112b10)]; ἀ.τινί τι disbelieve one in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122; περί τινος [prev. author] 4.96)]; οἷς ἠπίστησαν ἔχειν.. whom they suspected of having, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.18.8.)]
I.3 c.infinitive, οὐδέν σ᾽ ἀπιστῶ καὶ δὶς οἰμῶξαι I nothing doubt that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 940)]; ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι to doubt that it could be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; ἀπιστοῦντες αὐτὸν μὴ ἥξειν [prev. author] 2.101, compare 4.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 301c, “R.” 555a; also ἀ. μὴ οὐκ ἐπιστήμη ᾖ ἡ ἀρετή [prev. author] “Men.” 89d; ἀ. πῶς.. “Phd.” 73b; ἀ. εἰ.. “APl.” 4.52 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.555; ὅτι.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89d; ὡς “R.” 450c:)] —passive, τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ἀπιστεῖται μὴ δυνατὸν εἶναι it is not believed to be possible, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 839c, compare “Chrm.” 168e.)]
I.4 absolutely, to be incredulous, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.94, cf. NT.Mark.16.16, etc.; νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ᾽ ἀπιστεῖν 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 250; ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.92.)]
II ={ἀπειθέω}, disobey, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108, frequently in Trag.and 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 640, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 381 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 1183, 1224, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29c, +others)]: absolutely, to be disobedient, τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσιν τάδε in these things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 219, compare 656)]; ἢν δ᾽ ἀπιστῶσι but if they refuse to comply, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 389, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 941c.)]
II.2 to be faithless, εἰ ἡμεῖς ἀπιστοῦμεν, ἐκεῖνος πιστὸς μένει [NT (NT.2Tim.2.13.)]
II.3 νεκρὸς τὸν θάνατον ἀπιστούμενος belying death, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista “Callimachus” 55.)]
III τὸ σῶμ᾽ οὐκ ἀπιστήσω χθονί, i.e. [Refs (1)]will not hesitate to commit it.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 1024; τούτῳ ἠπίστησεν ἀποθανοῦσαν ἑαυτὴν ἐπιτρέψαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.21.)]
future passive ἀπιστηθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 32.10, but ἀπιστήσομαι in _passive_ sense, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450c)]:—to be ἄπιστος, and so:
I disbelieve, distrust, ἐγὼ τὸ μὲν οὔ ποτ᾽ ἀπίστεον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.339; τύχην ἀ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1130; πάντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 775, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28 (assuming variant), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 5.6, 8.7:)] —passive, τὴν γνῶσιν τοῦ οἰκείου ἀπιστεῖσθαι was distrusted, i.e. no one could be sure of knowing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44; ἀ. ἐν μαρτυρίαις 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.7; ἐπειδὰν γνῶσιν ἀπιστούμενοι, οὐ φιλοῦσι τοὺς ἀπιστοῦντας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.17, compare “Hier.” 4.1; ὑπὸ τῆς πατρίδος [prev. author] “Smp.” 4.29, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 271b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.49:)] —but mostly,
I.2 with dative person, κρατέουσιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 5.1, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.83, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 319b, etc.: so with _dative_ _of things_, τῷ χρησμῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.158; πῶς ἀπιστήσω λόγοι; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1350, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.86; ἀ.τῇ ἐξ αὑτῶν ξυνέσει [prev. author] 3.37; τοῖς ἰάμασιν “IG” 4.951.24 (Epid.); ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1112b10)]; ἀ.τινί τι disbelieve one in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.122; περί τινος [prev. author] 4.96)]; οἷς ἠπίστησαν ἔχειν.. whom they suspected of having, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.18.8.)]
I.3 c.infinitive, οὐδέν σ᾽ ἀπιστῶ καὶ δὶς οἰμῶξαι I nothing doubt that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 940)]; ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι to doubt that it could be, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; ἀπιστοῦντες αὐτὸν μὴ ἥξειν [prev. author] 2.101, compare 4.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 301c, “R.” 555a; also ἀ. μὴ οὐκ ἐπιστήμη ᾖ ἡ ἀρετή [prev. author] “Men.” 89d; ἀ. πῶς.. “Phd.” 73b; ἀ. εἰ.. “APl.” 4.52 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.555; ὅτι.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 89d; ὡς “R.” 450c:)] —passive, τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ἀπιστεῖται μὴ δυνατὸν εἶναι it is not believed to be possible, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 839c, compare “Chrm.” 168e.)]
I.4 absolutely, to be incredulous, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.94, cf. NT.Mark.16.16, etc.; νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ᾽ ἀπιστεῖν 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 250; ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.92.)]
II ={ἀπειθέω}, disobey, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108, frequently in Trag.and 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 640, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 381 (Lyric poetry), “Tr.” 1183, 1224, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 29c, +others)]: absolutely, to be disobedient, τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσιν τάδε in these things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 219, compare 656)]; ἢν δ᾽ ἀπιστῶσι but if they refuse to comply, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 389, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 941c.)]
II.2 to be faithless, εἰ ἡμεῖς ἀπιστοῦμεν, ἐκεῖνος πιστὸς μένει [NT (NT.2Tim.2.13.)]
II.3 νεκρὸς τὸν θάνατον ἀπιστούμενος belying death, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Polemo Sophista “Callimachus” 55.)]
III τὸ σῶμ᾽ οὐκ ἀπιστήσω χθονί, i.e. [Refs (1)]will not hesitate to commit it.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 1024; τούτῳ ἠπίστησεν ἀποθανοῦσαν ἑαυτὴν ἐπιτρέψαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.21.)]