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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πίστιςG4102faith
Pronunciationpístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
Open lexicon entry →ἀρνέομαιG720to deny
Pronunciationarnéomai
Open lexicon entry →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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Questions this entry answers
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 patterns4Aligned forms242Case patternGenitive (93)Number patternSingular (242)
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMatt 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 10:1736×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 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 4:1293×
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 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 13:558×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 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 17:3155×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 33 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist18present8future4perfect2imperfect1
Voice
middle33
Mood
indicative20participle9infinitive2imperative1subjunctive1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 10:33ἀρνήσηταίaorist middle subjunctivesubjunctiveMatthew 10:33ἀρνήσομαιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMatthew 26:70ἠρνήσατοaorist middle indicativecompletedMatthew 26:72ἠρνήσατοaorist middle indicativecompletedMark 14:68ἠρνήσατοaorist middle indicativecompletedMark 14:70ἠρνεῖτοimperfect middle indicativebackgroundLuke 8:45ἀρνουμένωνpresent middle participleparticipleLuke 9:23ἀρνησάσθωaorist middle imperativeimperativeLuke 12:9ἀρνησάμενόςaorist middle participleparticipleLuke 22:57ἠρνήσατοaorist middle indicativecompletedJohn 1:20ἠρνήσατοaorist middle indicativecompletedJohn 13:38ἀρνήσῃfuture middle indicativeprospectiveJohn 18:25ἠρνήσατοaorist middle indicativecompletedJohn 18:27ἠρνήσατοaorist middle indicativecompletedActs 3:13ἠρνήσασθεaorist middle indicativecompletedActs 3:14ἠρνήσασθεaorist middle indicativecompletedActs 4:16ἀρνεῖσθαιpresent middle infinitiveinfinitiveActs 7:35ἠρνήσαντοaorist middle indicativecompleted1 Timothy 5:8ἤρνηταιperfect middle indicativeresultant2 Timothy 2:12ἀρνησόμεθαfuture middle indicativeprospective2 Timothy 2:12ἀρνήσεταιfuture middle indicativeprospective2 Timothy 2:13ἀρνήσασθαιaorist middle infinitiveinfinitive2 Timothy 3:5ἠρνημένοιperfect middle participleparticipleTitus 1:16ἀρνοῦνταιpresent middle indicativeongoingTitus 2:12ἀρνησάμενοιaorist middle participleparticipleHebrews 11:24ἠρνήσατοaorist middle indicativecompleted2 Peter 2:1ἀρνούμενοιpresent middle participleparticiple1 John 2:22ἀρνούμενοςpresent middle participleparticiple1 John 2:22ἀρνούμενοςpresent middle participleparticiple1 John 2:23ἀρνούμενοςpresent middle participleparticipleJude 1:4ἀρνούμενοιpresent middle participleparticipleRevelation 2:13ἠρνήσωaorist middle indicativecompletedRevelation 3:8ἠρνήσωaorist middle indicativecompleted
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: