Strong G570ἀπιστία
unbelief
- Transliteration
- apistia
- Pronunciation
- ap-is-tee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G571; faithlessness that is (negatively) disbelief (want of Christian faith) or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience): - unbelief.
Detailed definition
ἀπιστία, -ας, ἡ
(ἄπιστος), [in LXX: Wis.14:25, 4Ma.12:4 *;]
want of faith, unbelief: Mat.13:58, Mrk.6:6 9:24 16:14, Rom.3:3 (but see: ἀπιστέω) Rom.4:20 11:20, 23, 1Ti.1:13, Heb.3:12, 19 (DCG, ii, 775a; Cremer, 492).†
(AS)
(ἄπιστος), [in LXX: Wis.14:25, 4Ma.12:4 *;]
want of faith, unbelief: Mat.13:58, Mrk.6:6 9:24 16:14, Rom.3:3 (but see: ἀπιστέω) Rom.4:20 11:20, 23, 1Ti.1:13, Heb.3:12, 19 (DCG, ii, 775a; Cremer, 492).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G570 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- unbelief12
- of1
First verses
- Matthew 13:58And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
- Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
- Mark 6:6And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
- Mark 9:24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
- Mark 16:14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
- Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- Romans 4:20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
- Romans 11:20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
- Romans 11:23And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
- 1 Timothy 1:13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
- Hebrews 3:12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- Hebrews 3:19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπιστία,
Ionic dialect -ίη, ἡ, unbelief, distrust, πίστεις.. δμῶς καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας beliefs and disbeliefs, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 372; πίστει χρήματ᾽ ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δ᾽ ἐσάωσα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 831 [ῑ]; τῶν θείων τὰ πολλὰ ἀπιστίῃ διαφυγγάνει μὴ γινώσκεσθαι 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 86, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 493c; τοῖσι παρεοῦσι ἀ. πολλὴ ὑπεκέχυτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.66, compare 2.152; ὑπὸ ἀπιστίης [prev. author] 3.153, +others)]; ὑπὸ ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι from disbelief that.., [Refs ([prev. author] 1.68)]; ἀ. πρὸς ἑαυτόν lack of self-confidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66; ἀπιστίᾳ λόγους ἐνδέχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1606; πέφευγε τοὔπος ἐξ ἀπιστίας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 268)]; ἀπιστίαν ἔχειν περί τινος to be in doubt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b; σώφρων ἀ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1617)]; πρὸς -ίαν τοῦ κατηγόρου to discredit him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1398a10; ἡ ἀ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [prev. author] “Pol.” 1297a4; ἀ. ἡ καθ᾽ αὑτοῦ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 38.2; πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 258c.)]
2 of things, τὰ εἰρημένα ἐς ἀ. πολλὴν ἀπῖκται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193)]; πολλὰς ἀπιστίας ἔχει it admits of many doubts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450c; ὁ λόγος εἰς ἀ. καταπίπτει [prev. author] “Phd.” 88d; καταβαλεῖν τινὰ εἰς ἀ. [prev. work]c; ἀ. παρέχειν [prev. work] 86e (interpolated))]; ἀτοπία καὶ ἀπιστία incredibility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.48; ταῦτ᾽ ἀπιστίαν ἔχει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.44.)]
II want of faith, faithlessness, θνήσκει δὲ πίστις βλαστάνει δ᾽ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 611)]; treachery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.21; βλέπειν ἀπιστίαν 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 309.)]
Ionic dialect -ίη, ἡ, unbelief, distrust, πίστεις.. δμῶς καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας beliefs and disbeliefs, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 372; πίστει χρήματ᾽ ὄλεσσα, ἀπιστίῃ δ᾽ ἐσάωσα 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 831 [ῑ]; τῶν θείων τὰ πολλὰ ἀπιστίῃ διαφυγγάνει μὴ γινώσκεσθαι 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 86, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 493c; τοῖσι παρεοῦσι ἀ. πολλὴ ὑπεκέχυτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.66, compare 2.152; ὑπὸ ἀπιστίης [prev. author] 3.153, +others)]; ὑπὸ ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι from disbelief that.., [Refs ([prev. author] 1.68)]; ἀ. πρὸς ἑαυτόν lack of self-confidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66; ἀπιστίᾳ λόγους ἐνδέχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1606; πέφευγε τοὔπος ἐξ ἀπιστίας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 268)]; ἀπιστίαν ἔχειν περί τινος to be in doubt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107b; σώφρων ἀ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1617)]; πρὸς -ίαν τοῦ κατηγόρου to discredit him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1398a10; ἡ ἀ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [prev. author] “Pol.” 1297a4; ἀ. ἡ καθ᾽ αὑτοῦ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 38.2; πρός τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 258c.)]
2 of things, τὰ εἰρημένα ἐς ἀ. πολλὴν ἀπῖκται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193)]; πολλὰς ἀπιστίας ἔχει it admits of many doubts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450c; ὁ λόγος εἰς ἀ. καταπίπτει [prev. author] “Phd.” 88d; καταβαλεῖν τινὰ εἰς ἀ. [prev. work]c; ἀ. παρέχειν [prev. work] 86e (interpolated))]; ἀτοπία καὶ ἀπιστία incredibility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.48; ταῦτ᾽ ἀπιστίαν ἔχει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.44.)]
II want of faith, faithlessness, θνήσκει δὲ πίστις βλαστάνει δ᾽ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 611)]; treachery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.21; βλέπειν ἀπιστίαν 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 309.)]