Gloss
to disbelieve, be faithless, unfaithful. In some contexts unbelief has no implication of faithlessness or hardheartedness (Lk 24:11); in other contexts unbelief is a moral failure, not acting like a true follower (2Ti 2:13)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀπιστέω
Greek transliteration
apisteō
Simplified transliteration
apisteo
Principal Parts
(ἠπίστουν), -, ἠπίστησα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
569
GK Number
601
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἀπιστέω
| Mark 16:11 | And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they refused (ēpistēsan | ἠπίστησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to believe it. |
| Mark 16:16 | The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe (apistēsas | ἀπιστήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) will be condemned. |
| Luke 24:11 | but these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe (ēpistoun | ἠπίστουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) them. |
| Luke 24:41 | While (apistountōn | ἀπιστούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) they still could not believe (apistountōn | ἀπιστούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) it for joy and were continuing to marvel, he said to them, “Have you anything to eat here?” |
| Acts 28:24 | saying, some were convinced by what he said, but others refused (ēpistoun | ἠπίστουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) to believe. |
| Romans 3:3 | But what if some were unfaithful (ēpistēsan | ἠπίστησαν | aor act ind 3 pl), will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God? |
| 2 Timothy 2:13 | If we are faithless (apistoumen | ἀπιστοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl), he remains faithful, for he is unable to deny himself.” |
| 1 Peter 2:7 | Therefore the great value is to you who believe; but for those who do not believe (apistousin | ἀπιστοῦσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc), “The stone that the builders rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,” |
