ἀπιστία apistia

Greek word for “unbelief” · Strong’s G570 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

ἀπιστία, -ας, ἡ; (ἄπιστος); want of faith, unbelief:, 9:24 16:14, (but see: ἀπιστέω) 11:20, 23, (DCG, ii, 775a; Cremer, 492).†;

How it is translated

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

• unbelief 9
• unbelief! 1
• through unbelief 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 11 (2), Hebrews 3 (2), Matthew 13 (1), Mark 6 (1), Mark 9 (1), Mark 16 (1), Romans 3 (1), Romans 4 (1), 1 Timothy 1 (1)

Forms

• ἀπιστίᾳ 5
• ἀπιστίαν 4
• ἀπιστία 1
• ἀπιστίας 1

Words used with it

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

• πίστις pistis “faith” 3
• βλέπω blepō “to see” 2
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 13:58 — And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
• Mark 6:6 — And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
• Mark 9:24 — And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
• Mark 16:14 — Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which…
• Romans 3:3 — For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
• Romans 4:20 — He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
• Romans 11:20 — Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
• Romans 11:23 — And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
• 1 Timothy 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• Hebrews 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
• Hebrews 3:19 — So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

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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.