ἄπιστος apistos

Greek word for “unbelieving” · Strong’s G571 · used 23 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

ἄ-πιστος, -ον; (ἀ- neg., πιστός);

How it is translated

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

• unbelieving 13
• unbelievers 3
• unbeliever 2
• unbelieving! 1
• incredible 1
• unbelievers! 1
• unbeliever? 1
• than an unbeliever 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 7 (4), 1 Corinthians 14 (3), 2 Corinthians 6 (2), Matthew 17 (1), Mark 9 (1), Luke 9 (1), Luke 12 (1), John 20 (1), Acts 26 (1), 1 Corinthians 6 (1)

Forms

• ἄπιστος 8
• ἀπίστοις 5
• ἀπίστων 4
• ἄπιστον 3
• ἀπίστου 2
• ἄπιστοι 1

Words used with it

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

• ἀνέχω anechō “to endure” 3
• ὦ ō “oh!” 3
• πότε pote “when?” 3
• μετά meta “with/after” 6
• εἰ ei “if” 6
• ἤ ē “or” 5
• γενεά genea “generation” 3
• ἰδιώτης idiōtēs “unlearned” 2
• ὧδε hōde “here” 3
• φέρω pherō “to bear/lead” 3
• συνευδοκέω suneudokeō “to agree to” 2
• διαστρέφω diastrephō “to pervert” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 17:17 — Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
• Mark 9:19 — He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
• Luke 9:41 — And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
• John 20:27 — Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but…
• Acts 26:8 — Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
• 1 Corinthians 6:6 — But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
• 1 Corinthians 14:24 — But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
• 2 Corinthians 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,…
• 2 Corinthians 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
• 1 Timothy 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
• Titus 1:15 — Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
• Revelation 21:8 — But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in…

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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.