Greek · G571 · unreviewed

ἄπιστος

Unbelieving

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ἄπιστος G571

Pronunciation ápistos

What does ἄπιστος (ápistos) mean in the Bible?

ἄπιστος (ápistos) is a Greek word meaning "unbelieving". ἄ-πιστος, -ον (ἀ- neg. Highlights the spiritual deficiency confronting Christ. This term runs through the canonical themes of Messiah.

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Meaning

unbelieving

Extended definition

Designates non-Christians lacking saving faith, contrasted sharply with believers in Paul's missionary context.

(ἀ- neg., πιστός) [in LXX: Pro.17:6 28:25, Isa.17:10 * ;]

aof things, incredible: Act.26:8;

bof 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).

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Why This Word Matters

Highlights the spiritual deficiency confronting Christ.

Spiritual resistance to testimony.

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine John 20:27 · 1 Cor 7:14 · 1 Cor 7:15 · 1 Cor 14:24 4×

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 26:8 1×

Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 7:14 1×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 14:23 1×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 12:46 · 1 Cor 6:6 · 1 Cor 10:27 · 2 Cor 4:4 4×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 6:15 · 1 Tim 5:8 2×

Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 14:22 · 2 Cor 6:14 · Titus 1:15 · Rev 21:8 5×

Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 7:12 1×

Accusative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 7:13 1×

Vocative · Singular · Feminine Matt 17:17 · Mark 9:19 · Luke 9:41 3×

Canonical Themes

Messiah

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Additional Occurrences

John 20:24-31 ἄπιστος ápistos

unbelieving

Luke 9:37–43a ἀπιστος ápistos

Unbelieving

Mark 9:14–29 ἄπιστος ápistos

unbelieving, faithless

New Testament Witnesses

Luke 9:37–43a ἄπιστος ápistos

unbelieving

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel Luke 9 — The Christ Revealed, the Cross Announced, and the Jerusalem Road Begun Mark 9 — Glory, Unbelief, Suffering, Humility, and Radical Discipleship Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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