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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:19 - Jesus said to them,[fn] “You faithless people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:41 - Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you and put up with you?” Then he said to the man, “Bring your son here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:46 - The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in pieces and banish 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 look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:8 - Why does it seem incredible to any of you that God can raise the dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:6 - But instead, one believer[fn] sues another—right in front of unbelievers!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:12 - Now, I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord. If a Christian man[fn] has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:13 - And if a Christian woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to continue living with her, she must not leave him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:14 - For the Christian wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the Christian husband[fn] brings holiness to his marriage. Otherwise, your children would not be holy, but now they are holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - (But if the husband or wife who isn’t a believer insists on leaving, let them go. In such cases the Christian husband or wife[fn] is no longer bound to the other, for God has called you[fn] to live in peace.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:27 - If someone who isn’t a believer asks you home for dinner, accept the invitation if you want to. Eat whatever is offered to you without raising questions of conscience.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:22 - So you see that speaking in tongues is a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:23 - Even so, if unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your church meeting and hear everyone speaking in an unknown language, they will think you are crazy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:24 - But if all of you are prophesying, and unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your meeting, they will be convicted of sin and judged by what you say.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:4 - Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:15 - What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil[fn]? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:8 - But those who won’t care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:15 - Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:8 - “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
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