ἀπειθέω apeitheō

Greek word for “to disobey” · Strong’s G544 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

ἀπειθέω, -ῶ; (ἀπειθής);

How it is translated

Glosses given for apeitheō in context, with how often each is used:

• disobeying 4
• disobedient 3
• having disobeyed 2
• not obeying 1
• disbelieving 1
• refusing to be persuaded 1
• having disobeyed? 1
• being disobedient 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 11 (2), 1 Peter 3 (2), John 3 (1), Acts 14 (1), Acts 19 (1), Romans 2 (1), Romans 10 (1), Romans 15 (1), Hebrews 3 (1), Hebrews 11 (1)

Forms

• ἀπειθοῦσιν 2
• ἀπειθούντων 2
• ἀπειθήσασιν 2
• ἀπειθῶν 1
• ἀπειθήσαντες 1
• ἠπείθουν 1
• ἀπειθοῦντα 1
• ἠπειθήσατε 1
• ἠπείθησαν 1
• ἀπειθοῦντες 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with apeitheō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ποτέ pote “once/when” 2
• ἐλεέω eleeō “to have mercy” 2
• ὀργή orgē “wrath” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 3
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 3
• νῦν nun “now” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 2

Key verses

The verses using apeitheō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 3:36 — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• Acts 14:2 — But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
• Acts 19:9 — But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing…
• Romans 2:8 — But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
• Romans 10:21 — But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
• Romans 11:30 — For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
• Romans 15:31 — That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
• Hebrews 3:18 — And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
• 1 Peter 2:8 — And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• 1 Peter 3:1 — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the…
• 1 Peter 3:20 — Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight…
• 1 Peter 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.