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Lexicon :: Strong's G544 - apeitheō

Aa
ἀπειθέω
Transliteration
apeitheō (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-i-theh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:10,818

Strong’s Definitions

ἀπειθέω apeithéō, ap-i-theh'-o; from G545; to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely):—not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G544 in the following manner: believe not (8x), disobedient (4x), obey not (3x), unbelieving (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G544 in the following manner: believe not (8x), disobedient (4x), obey not (3x), unbelieving (1x).

  1. not to allow one's self to be persuaded

    1. to refuse or withhold belief

    2. to refuse belief and obedience

  2. not to comply with

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀπειθέω apeithéō, ap-i-theh'-o; from G545; to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely):—not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving.
STRONGS G544:
ἀπειθέω, -ῶ; imperfect ἠπείθουν; 1 aorist ἠπείθησα; to be ἀπειθής (which see); not to allow oneself to be persuaded; not to comply with;
a. to refuse or withhold belief (in Christ, in the gospel; opposed to πιστεύω): τῷ υἱῷ, John 3:36; τῷ λόγῳ, 1 Peter 2:8; 1 Peter 3:1; absolutely of those who reject the gospel, [R. V. to be disobedient; cf. b.]: Acts 14:2; Acts 17:5 [Rec.]; Acts 19:9; Romans 15:31; 1 Peter 2:7 (T Tr WH ἀπιστοῦσιν).
b. to refuse belief and obedience: with the dative of thing or of person, Romans 2:8 (τῇ ἀληθείᾳ); Rom 11:30f (τῷ θεῷ); 1 Peter 4:17; absolutely, Romans 10:21 (Isaiah 65:2); Hebrews 3:18; Hebrews 11:31; 1 Peter 3:20. (In the Sept. a common equivalent to מָרָה, סָרַר; in Greek writings often from Aeschylus Ag. 1049 down; in Homer neuter plural ἀπιθεῖν.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
65:2
John
3:36
Acts
14:2; 17:5; 19:9
Romans
2:8; 10:21; 11:30; 15:31
Hebrews
3:18; 11:31
1 Peter
2:7; 2:8; 3:1; 3:20; 4:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G544 matches the Greek ἀπειθέω (apeitheō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36 - He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:9 - But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:8 - But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:21 - But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:30 - For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:31 - So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:31 - So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18 - And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:31 - By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:1 - Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:17 - For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?
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