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ἀπιστία

apistia · unbelief

Greek word · Strong’s number G570 · appears 11 times in the Bible

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What it means

apistia (ἀπιστία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “unbelief”.

Lack of faith.

How to say it

a·pis·ti·a

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Not believing, having no faith.
  2. Not keeping one's word.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • unbelief ×10
  • unfaithfulness ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 13:58

    And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

  • Mark 6:6

    And he was amazed because of their unbelief. And he was going around the villages in a circuit, teaching.

  • Mark 9:24

    At once the father of the child cried out and was saying, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

  • Mark 16:14

    Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him raised.

  • Romans 3:3

    What then? If some were unfaithful, their unfaithfulness will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?

  • Romans 4:20

    yet with respect to the promise of God he did not waver in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

  • Romans 11:20

    True. Because of unbelief they were broken off, but you stand by faith. Do not think lofty things, but fear;

  • Romans 11:23

    And they too, if they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.

  • 1 Timothy 1:13

    though formerly I was a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man. But I was shown mercy, because I acted in ignorance in unbelief,

  • Hebrews 3:12

    Watch out, brothers, that there not be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God.

  • Hebrews 3:19

    So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.