noun · feminine
apistias
Strong’sG570
unbelief, unfaithfulness, distrust
stem apisti-11 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 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.
** ἀπιστία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἄπιστος), [in LXX: Wi 14:25, IV Mac 12:4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G570 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-is-tee'-ah
faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
Fromfrom G571;
King Jamesunbelief.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect -ίη, ἡ, unbelief, distrust, πίστεις.. δμῶς καὶ ἀπιστίαι ὤλεσαν ἄνδρας beliefs and disbeliefs, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὑπὸ ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι from disbelief that.., Refs; ἀ. πρὸς ἑαυτόν lack of self-confidence, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπιστίαν ἔχειν περί τινος to be in doubt, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς -ίαν τοῦ κατηγόρου to discredit him, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of things, τὰ εἰρημένα ἐς ἀ. πολλὴν ἀπῖκταιRefs 5th c.BC+; πολλὰς ἀπιστίας ἔχει it admits of many doubts, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀτοπία καὶ ἀπιστία incredibility, Refs 5th c.BC+
II want of faith, faithlessness, θνήσκει δὲ πίστις βλαστάνει δ᾽ ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+; treachery, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | apistias1×ἀπιστία | apistiais |
| object accusative | apistian4×ἀπιστίαν | apistiain |
| direct address vocative | apistiar | apistiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | apistiau1×ἀπιστίας | apistiaiu |
| to, for dative | apistia5×ἀπιστίᾳ | apistiai |
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
apistia 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
apistias“unbelief”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 3:3“unbelief”… gar? ei apistala tinois, mē tas apistias autoiu tan pistian tou theou katargati?What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
apistian“unbelief”objectaccusative singular4×
Matthew 13:58… poiata ekei dunamiain pollain dia tan apistian autoiu.… many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
Mark 6:6kai thaumazate dia tan apistian autoiu. Kai periagate tain kōmain kuklō …And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village …
Mark 16:14… toi hendeka fanerita, kai oneidizata tan apistian autoiu kai sklērokardian hoti toi theaserantoi …… Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they …
Hebrews 3:19… blepanō hoti ouk dunila eiserchara dia apistian.… that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
apistiau“unbelieving”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Hebrews 3:12“unbelieving”… eti en tino vu kardias ponēras apistiau en te apostēara apo theou zōarōntou,… none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
apistia“unbelief”to, fordative singular5×
Mark 9:24… paidieu legate; Pisteuamō; boēthasōr mu ta apistia.… out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
Romans 4:20“unbelief”… epangelian tou theou ouk diakrinita ta apistia alla endunamita ta pistia, dōarantos doxan …… he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
Romans 11:20kalōs; ta apistia ekklila, sis de ta pistia stēasē. …… They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do …
Romans 11:23kakeinois de, ean mē epimenaleiō ta apistia, enkentrizili; dunatos gar atō tos theos …… if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for …
1 Timothy 1:13… alla elēima, hoti agnoarōntos poiama en apistia,… I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.