What does πίστις · ἀρνέομαι mean in the Bible?
πίστις · ἀρνέομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "has denied the faith".
Greek · G4102, G720
τὴν πίστιν ἤρνηται
Faith · to deny
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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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ἀρνέομαι G720 to deny
Pronunciation arnéomai
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What does τὴν πίστιν ἤρνηται (tēn pistin ērnētai) mean in the Bible?
πίστις · ἀρνέομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "has denied the faith".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4102, G720?
G4102, G720 is connected to 242 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. has denied the faith
Source Gloss
has denied the faith
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 242 Case pattern Genitive (93) Number pattern Singular (242)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:22 · Matt 15:28 · Mark 5:34 · Mark 10:52 · Luke 7:50 · Luke 8:25 · Luke 8:48 · Luke 17:19 · Luke 18:42 · Luke 22:32 · Acts 3:16 · Rom 1:8 · Rom 4:5 · Rom 4:9 · Rom 4:14 · Rom 10:17 36×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 6:5 · Acts 11:24 · Acts 13:8 · Acts 14:27 · Acts 24:24 · Rom 1:5 · Rom 1:12 · Rom 1:17 · Rom 3:22 · Rom 3:25 · Rom 3:26 · Rom 3:27 · Rom 3:30 · Rom 3:31 · Rom 4:11 · Rom 4:12 93×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 3:16 · Acts 6:7 · Acts 14:22 · Acts 15:9 · Acts 16:5 · Acts 26:18 · Rom 3:28 · Rom 4:19 · Rom 4:20 · Rom 5:2 · Rom 11:20 · Rom 14:1 · 1 Cor 16:13 · 2 Cor 1:24 · 2 Cor 8:7 · 2 Cor 13:5 58×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:10 · Matt 9:2 · Matt 9:29 · Matt 17:20 · Matt 21:21 · Matt 23:23 · Mark 2:5 · Mark 4:40 · Mark 11:22 · Luke 5:20 · Luke 7:9 · Luke 17:5 · Luke 17:6 · Luke 18:8 · Acts 14:9 · Acts 17:31 55×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 33 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 18 present 8 future 4 perfect 2 imperfect 1
Voice
middle 33
Mood
indicative 20 participle 9 infinitive 2 imperative 1 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 10:33 ἀρνήσηταί aorist middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:33 ἀρνήσομαι future middle indicative prospective Matthew 26:70 ἠρνήσατο aorist middle indicative completed Matthew 26:72 ἠρνήσατο aorist middle indicative completed Mark 14:68 ἠρνήσατο aorist middle indicative completed Mark 14:70 ἠρνεῖτο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 8:45 ἀρνουμένων present middle participle participle Luke 9:23 ἀρνησάσθω aorist middle imperative imperative Luke 12:9 ἀρνησάμενός aorist middle participle participle Luke 22:57 ἠρνήσατο aorist middle indicative completed John 1:20 ἠρνήσατο aorist middle indicative completed John 13:38 ἀρνήσῃ future middle indicative prospective John 18:25 ἠρνήσατο aorist middle indicative completed John 18:27 ἠρνήσατο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 3:13 ἠρνήσασθε aorist middle indicative completed Acts 3:14 ἠρνήσασθε aorist middle indicative completed Acts 4:16 ἀρνεῖσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Acts 7:35 ἠρνήσαντο aorist middle indicative completed 1 Timothy 5:8 ἤρνηται perfect middle indicative resultant 2 Timothy 2:12 ἀρνησόμεθα future middle indicative prospective 2 Timothy 2:12 ἀρνήσεται future middle indicative prospective 2 Timothy 2:13 ἀρνήσασθαι aorist middle infinitive infinitive 2 Timothy 3:5 ἠρνημένοι perfect middle participle participle Titus 1:16 ἀρνοῦνται present middle indicative ongoing Titus 2:12 ἀρνησάμενοι aorist middle participle participle Hebrews 11:24 ἠρνήσατο aorist middle indicative completed 2 Peter 2:1 ἀρνούμενοι present middle participle participle 1 John 2:22 ἀρνούμενος present middle participle participle 1 John 2:22 ἀρνούμενος present middle participle participle 1 John 2:23 ἀρνούμενος present middle participle participle Jude 1:4 ἀρνούμενοι present middle participle participle Revelation 2:13 ἠρνήσω aorist middle indicative completed Revelation 3:8 ἠρνήσω aorist middle indicative completed
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
τὴν πίστιν ἤρνηται is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain