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Lexicon :: Strong's G571 - apistos

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ἄπιστος
Transliteration
apistos (Key)
Pronunciation
ap'-is-tos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and πιστός (G4103)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:174,849

Strong’s Definitions

ἄπιστος ápistos, ap'-is-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G4103; (actively) disbelieving, i.e. without Christian faith (specially, a heathen); (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing):—that believeth not, faithless, incredible thing, infidel, unbeliever(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G571 in the following manner: that believe not (6x), unbelieving (5x), faithless (4x), unbeliever (4x), infidel (2x), thing incredible (1x), which believe not (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G571 in the following manner: that believe not (6x), unbelieving (5x), faithless (4x), unbeliever (4x), infidel (2x), thing incredible (1x), which believe not (1x).

  1. unfaithful, faithless, (not to be trusted, perfidious)

  2. incredible

    1. of things

  3. unbelieving, incredulous

    1. without trust (in God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄπιστος ápistos, ap'-is-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G4103; (actively) disbelieving, i.e. without Christian faith (specially, a heathen); (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing):—that believeth not, faithless, incredible thing, infidel, unbeliever(-ing).
STRONGS G571:
ἄπιστος, -ον, (πιστός) [from Homer down], without faith or trust;
1. unfaithful, faithless (not to be trusted, perfidious): Luke 12:46; Revelation 21:8.
2. incredible, of things: Acts 26:8; (Xenophon, Hiero 1, 9; symp. 4, 49; Cyril 3, 1, 26; Plato, Phaedr. 245 c.; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 10, 2, etc.).
3. unbelieving, incredulous: of Thomas disbelieving the news of the resurrection of Jesus, John 20:27; of those who refuse belief in the gospel, 1 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Corinthians 7:12-15; 1 Corinthians 10:27; 1 Corinthians 14:22ff; [1 Timothy 5:8]; with the added idea of impiety and wickedness, 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 6:14f of those among the Christians themselves who reject the true faith, Titus 1:15. without trust (in God), Matthew 17:17; Mark 9:19; Luke 9:41.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
17:17
Mark
9:19
Luke
9:41; 12:46
John
20:27
Acts
26:8
1 Corinthians
6:6; 7:12; 7:13; 7:14; 7:15; 10:27; 14:22
2 Corinthians
4:4; 6:14
1 Timothy
5:8
Titus
1:15
Revelation
21:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G571 matches the Greek ἄπιστος (apistos),
which occurs 23 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:17 - And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:19 - And he answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:41 - Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:46 - the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:27 - Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:8 - Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:6 - but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:12 - To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:13 - If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:14 - For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you[fn] to peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:27 - If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:22 - Thus tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign[fn] not for unbelievers but for believers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:23 - If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:24 - But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:4 - In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:15 - What accord has Christ with Belial?[fn] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:8 - But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:15 - To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:8 - But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
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