Strong G571ἄπιστος
unbelieving
- Transliteration
- apistos
- Pronunciation
- ap'-is-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄ-πιστος, -ον
(ἀ- neg., πιστός) [in LXX: Pro.17:6 28:25, Isa.17:10 *;]
__(a) of things, incredible: Act.26:8;
__(b) of persons, without faith or trust, unbelieving: Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41 12:46, Jhn.20:27, Tit.1:15, Rev.21:8; specif., of unbelievers as opposite to Christians: 1Co.6:6 7:12-15 10:27 14:22-24, 2Co.4:4 6:14-15, 1Ti.5:8 (cf. Lft., Notes, 265; Cremer, 491).†
(AS)
(ἀ- neg., πιστός) [in LXX: Pro.17:6 28:25, Isa.17:10 *;]
__(a) of things, incredible: Act.26:8;
__(b) of persons, without faith or trust, unbelieving: Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41 12:46, Jhn.20:27, Tit.1:15, Rev.21:8; specif., of unbelievers as opposite to Christians: 1Co.6:6 7:12-15 10:27 14:22-24, 2Co.4:4 6:14-15, 1Ti.5:8 (cf. Lft., Notes, 265; Cremer, 491).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G571 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- faithless4
- unbelievers4
- unbelieving4
- believe3
- believeth3
- infidel2
- incredible1
First verses
- Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
- Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
- Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
- Luke 12:46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
- John 20:27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
- Acts 26:8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
- 1 Corinthians 6:6But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
- 1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
- 1 Corinthians 7:13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
- 1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
- 1 Corinthians 7:15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
- 1 Corinthians 10:27If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
- 1 Corinthians 14:22Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
- 1 Corinthians 14:23If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
- 1 Corinthians 14:24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
- 2 Corinthians 4:4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
- 2 Corinthians 6:15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
- 1 Timothy 5:8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
- Titus 1:15Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄπιστος, ον,
I passive, not to be trusted, and so:
I.1 of persons and their acts, not trusty, faithless, ὑπερφίαλοι καὶ ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.106; θεοῖσίν τ᾽ ἐχθρὲ καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἄπιστε 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 601; ἄ. ὡς γυναικεῖον γένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1298; ἄ. ληίστορες “Sammelb.” 4309.14 (3rd c.BC))]; δολοπλοκίαι[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 226; ἄ. ποιεῖν τινά)]mistrusted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.22, compare 9.98; τὰ ἑαυτοῦ πιστὰ ἀ. ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.7; ἄπιστος ἑταιρείας λιμήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 683)]; θράσει ἀ. ἐπαιρόμενος by untrustworthy, groundless confidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120)]; shifty, unreliable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 775d.)]
I.2 of reports and the like, incredible, uncertain in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 74.5, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.31, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80; τέρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 832; ἄ. καὶ πέρα κλύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 418; ἄ. ἐνόμιζον εἰ.. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.556)]; τὸ ἐλπίδων ἄ. undreamed of even in hope, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 868)]: comparative -ότερος, λόγος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.59)]: superlative, πίστις ἀπιστοτάτη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.67, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 314b.)]
II active, mistrustful, incredulous, suspicious, θυμὸς δέ τοι αἰὲν ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.150; ὦτα.. ἀπιστότερα ὀφθαλμῶν)]less credulous, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8)]; ἄ. πρὸς Φίλιππον distrustful towards him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.27)]; ἄ. εἶ.. σαυτῷ you do not believe what you say yourself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26e; ἤθη ἄ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 705a)]; τὸ ἄ., ={ἀπιστία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66; δούλοις πῶς οὐκ ἄπιστο; 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 11.)]
II.b in NT, unbelieving, [NT (NT.1Cor.6.6, +others)]
II.2 disobedient, disloyal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 627: with _genitive_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 876)]; ἔχειν ἄπιστον.. ἀναρχίαν πόλει, i.e. ἀναρχίαν ἔχειν ἀπειθοῦσαν τῇ πόλει,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1035, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1476.)]
III adverb ἀπίστως:
III.1 passive, beyond belief, ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ μυθῶδες ἐκνενικηκότα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.21)]; οὐκ ἀ. not incredibly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1438a22, 1438b2.)]
III.2 active, distrustfully, suspiciously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83; ἀ. τινὰ διαθεῖναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.22.)]
III.2.b treacherously, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.516.)]
I passive, not to be trusted, and so:
I.1 of persons and their acts, not trusty, faithless, ὑπερφίαλοι καὶ ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.106; θεοῖσίν τ᾽ ἐχθρὲ καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἄπιστε 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 601; ἄ. ὡς γυναικεῖον γένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1298; ἄ. ληίστορες “Sammelb.” 4309.14 (3rd c.BC))]; δολοπλοκίαι[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 226; ἄ. ποιεῖν τινά)]mistrusted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.22, compare 9.98; τὰ ἑαυτοῦ πιστὰ ἀ. ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.7; ἄπιστος ἑταιρείας λιμήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 683)]; θράσει ἀ. ἐπαιρόμενος by untrustworthy, groundless confidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120)]; shifty, unreliable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 775d.)]
I.2 of reports and the like, incredible, uncertain in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 74.5, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.31, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80; τέρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 832; ἄ. καὶ πέρα κλύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 418; ἄ. ἐνόμιζον εἰ.. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.556)]; τὸ ἐλπίδων ἄ. undreamed of even in hope, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 868)]: comparative -ότερος, λόγος[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.59)]: superlative, πίστις ἀπιστοτάτη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.67, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 314b.)]
II active, mistrustful, incredulous, suspicious, θυμὸς δέ τοι αἰὲν ἄ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.150; ὦτα.. ἀπιστότερα ὀφθαλμῶν)]less credulous, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8)]; ἄ. πρὸς Φίλιππον distrustful towards him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.27)]; ἄ. εἶ.. σαυτῷ you do not believe what you say yourself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26e; ἤθη ἄ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 705a)]; τὸ ἄ., ={ἀπιστία}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66; δούλοις πῶς οὐκ ἄπιστο; 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 11.)]
II.b in NT, unbelieving, [NT (NT.1Cor.6.6, +others)]
II.2 disobedient, disloyal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 627: with _genitive_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 876)]; ἔχειν ἄπιστον.. ἀναρχίαν πόλει, i.e. ἀναρχίαν ἔχειν ἀπειθοῦσαν τῇ πόλει,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1035, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1476.)]
III adverb ἀπίστως:
III.1 passive, beyond belief, ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ μυθῶδες ἐκνενικηκότα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.21)]; οὐκ ἀ. not incredibly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1438a22, 1438b2.)]
III.2 active, distrustfully, suspiciously, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.83; ἀ. τινὰ διαθεῖναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.22.)]
III.2.b treacherously, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.516.)]