Lexicon apistia: unbelief Original Word: ἀπιστία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: apistia Phonetic Spelling: (ap-is-tee'-ah) Short Definition: unbelief, unfaithfulness, distrust Definition: unbelief, unfaithfulness, distrust. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 570 apistía (the negated form of 4103 /pistós, "faithful") – properly, without (divine) persuasion, "no-faithfulness" (unfaithfulness); "want of faith" (betraying a trust)" (J. Thayer). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom apistosDefinitionunbelief NASB Translationunbelief (10), unbelieving (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 570: ἀπιστίαἀπιστία, ἀπιστίας, ἡ (from ἄπιστος), want of faith and trust; 1. unfaithfulness, faithlessness (of persons betraying a trust): Romans 3:3 (cf. references under the word ἀπιστέω, 1). 2. want of faith, unbelief: shown in withholding belief in the divine power, Mark 16:14, or in the power and promises of God, Romans 4:20; Hebrews 3:19; in the divine mission of Jesus, Matthew 13:58; Mark 6:6; by opposition to the gospel, 1 Timothy 1:13; with the added notion of obstinacy, Romans 11:20, 23; Hebrews 3:12. contextually, weakness of faith: Matthew 17:20 (where L T Tr WH ὀλιγοπιστίαν); Mark 9:24. (In Greek writings from Hesiod and Herodotus down.)
Strong's unbelief. From apistos; faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience) -- unbelief. see GREEK apistos |
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