Strong's Concordance apisteó: to disbelieve, be faithless Original Word: ἀπιστέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apisteó Phonetic Spelling: (ap-is-teh'-o) Short Definition: I am unfaithful, I disbelieve Definition: I am unfaithful, disbelieve, refuse belief, prove false. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 569 apistéō (from 571 /ápistos, "unfaithful," without faith, i.e. negating 4103 /pistós, "faithful") – properly, refusing to be persuaded by God ("betray His trust," J. Thayer). 569 /apistéō ("not willing to be persuaded") means more than "disbelieve" ("not believing") because it indicates "refusing to be faithful" (honor a trust or revelation from the Lord). See 571 (apistos). 569/apisteō ("refuse to be persuaded") is sin committed by believers (Mk 16:11; Lk 24:11,41) and unbelievers (Ac 28:24; Ro 3:3; 1 Pet 2:7). 569 (apistéō) reveals a person is unconvinced when they should be persuaded by what the Lord has done (offered). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 569: ἀπιστέωἀπιστέω, ἀπίστω; (imperfect ἠπίστουν); 1 aorist ἠπίστησα; (ἄπιστος); 1. to betray a trust, be unfaithful: 2 Timothy 2:13 (opposed to πιστός μένει); Romans 3:3; (others deny this sense in the N. T.; cf. Morison or Meyer on Romans, the passage cited; Ellicott on 2 Timothy, the passage cited). 2. to have no belief, disbelieve: in the news of Christ's resurrection, Mark 16:11; Luke 24:41; with dative of person, Luke 24:11; in the tidings concerning Jesus the Messiah, Mark 16:16 (opposed to πιστεύω) (so 1 Peter 2:7 T Tr WH); Acts 28:24. (In Greek writings from Homer down.) From apistos; to be unbelieving, i.e. (transitively) disbelieve, or (by implication) disobey -- believe not. see GREEK apistos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 5698 Occurrences ἀπιστήσας — 1 Occ. ἀπιστοῦμεν — 1 Occ. ἀπιστούντων — 1 Occ. ἀπιστοῦσιν — 1 Occ. ἠπίστησαν — 2 Occ. ἠπίστουν — 2 Occ. Mark 16:11 V-AIA-3P GRK: ὑπ' αὐτῆς ἠπίστησαν NAS: and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it. KJV: of her, believed not. INT: by her disbelieved [it] Mark 16:16 V-APA-NMS Luke 24:11 V-IIA-3P Luke 24:41 V-PPA-GMP Acts 28:24 V-IIA-3P Romans 3:3 V-AIA-3P 2 Timothy 2:13 V-PIA-1P 1 Peter 2:7 V-PPA-DMP |