Strong's Lexicon
G570 — ἀπιστία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G570 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀπιστία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G571 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | apistia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-is-tee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. faithlessness 2. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith) 3. (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience) |
| KJV Renderings: | unbelief |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπιστία, ἀπιστίας, ἡ (from ἄπιστος), want of faith and trust;
1. unfaithfulness, faithlessness (of persons betraying a trust): Rom 3:3 (cf. references under the word ἀπιστέω, 1).
2. want of faith, unbelief: shown in withholding belief in the divine power, Mar 16:14, or in the power and promises of God, Rom 4:20; Heb 3:19; in the divine mission of Jesus, Mat 13:58; Mar 6:6; by opposition to the gospel, 1Ti 1:13; with the added notion of obstinacy, Rom 11:20; Rom 11:23; Heb 3:12. contextually, weakness of faith: Mat 17:20 (where L T Tr WH ὀλιγοπιστίαν); Mar 9:24. (In Greek writings from Hesiod and Herodotus down.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀπιστία (unbelief)
Matthew 13:58
- KJV: And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief
- GK: και ουκ εποίησεν εκεί δυνάμεις πολλάς διά την απιστίαν αυτών
Matthew 17:20
- KJV: And 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
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς διά την απιστίαν υμών αμήν γαρ λέγω υμίν εάν έχητε πίστιν ως κόκκον σινάπεως ερείτε τω όρει τούτω μετάβηθι εντεύθεν εκεί και μεταβήσεται και ουδέν αδυνατήσει υμίν
Mark 6:6
- KJV: And he marvelled because of their unbelief And he went round about the villages teaching
- GK: και εθαύμαζε διά την απιστίαν αυτών και περιήγε τας κώμας κύκλω διδάσκων
Mark 9:24
- KJV: And straightway the father of the child cried out and said with tears Lord I believe help thou mine unbelief
- GK: και ευθέως κράξας ο πατήρ του παιδίου μετά δακρύων έλεγε πιστεύω κύριε βοήθει μου τη απιστία
Mark 16:14
- KJV: Afterward 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
- GK: ύστερον ανακειμένοις αυτοίς τοις ένδεκα εφανερώθη και ωνείδισε την απιστίαν αυτών και σκληροκαρδίαν ότι τοις θεασσαμένοις αυτόν εγηγερμένον ουκ επίστευσαν
Romans 3:3
- KJV: For what if some did not believe shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect
- GK: τι γαρ ει ηπίστησάν τινες μη η απιστία αυτών την πίστιν του θεού καταργήσει
Romans 4:20
- KJV: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God
- GK: εις δε την επαγγελίαν του θεού ου διεκρίθη τη απιστία αλλ΄ ενεδυναμώθη τη πίστει δους δόξαν τω θεώ
Romans 11:20
- KJV: Well because of unbelief they were broken off and thou standest by faith Be not highminded but fear
- GK: καλώς τη απιστία εξεκλάσθησαν συ δε τη πίστει έστηκας μη υψηλοφρόνει αλλά φοβού
Romans 11:23
- KJV: And they also if they abide not still in unbelief shall be graffed in for God is able to graff them in again
- GK: και εκείνοι δε εάν μη επιμείνωσι τη απιστία εγκεντρισθήσονται δυνατός γαρ εστιν ο θεός πάλιν εγκεντρίσαι αυτούς
1 Timothy 1:13
- KJV: Who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious but I obtained mercy because I did ignorantly in unbelief
- GK: τον πρότερον όντα βλάσφημον και διώκτην και υβριστήν αλλά ηλεήθην ότι αγνοών εποίησα εν απιστία
Hebrews 3:12
- KJV: Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God
- GK: βλέπετε αδελφοί μήποτε έσται εν τινι υμών καρδία πονηρά απιστίας εν τω αποστήναι από θεού ζώντος
Hebrews 3:19
- KJV: So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief
- GK: και βλέπομεν ότι ουκ ηδυνήθησαν εισελθείν δι΄ απιστίαν