adjective
apeithos
Strong’sG545
unbelieving, disobedient
stem apeith-6 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀπειθής, -ές
(< πείθομαι), [in LXX for מרה, מְרִי, סרר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G545 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
disobedient, Refs 5th c.BC+; of ships, τοῖς κυβερνήταις ἀπειθεστέρας τὰς ναῦς παρεῖχον less obedient to them, Refs 5th c.BC+; of horses, Refs; ἀπειθέα τεύχειν work disobedience, Refs 3rd c.BC+. adverb ἀπειθῶς, ἔχειν πρός τιναRefs 5th c.BC+
b unbelieving, Refs 4th c.AD+
2 of things, inflexible, rigid, κέντρονRefs 1st c.AD+unyielding, Refs 3rd c.AD+; χῶρος ἀ. impracticable, of Hades, Refs 4th c.BC+
II active, not persuasive, incredible, μῦθοςRefs 6th c.BC+; uninviting, πρὸς τὴν γεῦσινRefs 1st c.BC+; of places, difficult of access, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | apeithos1×ἀπειθὴς | apeithas | apeithem | apeithois3×ἀπειθεῖς | apeithais | apeitheim |
| object accusative | apeithon | apeithan | apeithoin2×ἀπειθεῖς | apeithain | ||
| direct address vocative | apeithor | apeithar | apeithoir | apeithair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | apeithou | apeithau | apeitheu | apeithoiu | apeithaiu | apeitheiu |
| to, for dative | apeitho | apeitha | apeithe | apeithoi | apeithai | apeithei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
apeith is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
apeithos“disobedient”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 26:19Hothen, basilevor Agrippor, ouk genema apeithos ta ourania optasia,… then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
apeithois“disobedient”subjectnominative plural3×
2 Timothy 3:2… filautois, filargurois, alazōnois, huperēfanois, blasfēmois, gonevoi apeithois, acharistois, anosiois,… lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Titus 1:16… de ergei arnolō, bdeluktois arōntois kai apeithois kai pros pantem ergem agathem adokimois.… they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Titus 3:3ane gar pote kai nis anoētois, apeithois, planorōntois, douleuarōntois epithumiai kai hēdonai poikilai, …… one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts …
apeithoin“disobedient”objectaccusative plural2×
Luke 1:17… epistrefara kardiain patroiu epi tekneim kai apeithoin en fronēsia dikaioiu, hetoimazara kurio laon …… fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous …
Romans 1:30“disobedient”… hubristoin, huperēfanoin, alazōnoin, efeuretoin kakoseiu, gonevoi apeithoin,slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.