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Lexicon :: Strong's G544 - apeitheō

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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 34 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the LORD who is among you and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - For there the Amalekites and the Canaanites are facing you, and you shall fall by the sword. Because you have turned back from following the LORD, the LORD will not be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - “Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - Remember and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24 - You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51 - because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - But he said, “As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train
and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:21 - My son, fear the LORD and the king,
and do not join with those who do otherwise,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - I will turn my hand against you
and will smelt away your dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD,
defying his glorious presence.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11 - For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel,
“Because you despise this word
and trust in oppression and perverseness
and rely on them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - The Lord GOD has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I turned not backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - transgressing, and denying the LORD,
and turning back from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they rebelled
and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
and himself fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:2 - I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:14 - You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and the hand of the LORD shall be known to his servants,
and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:25 - This is your lot,
the portion I have measured out to you, declares the LORD,
because you have forgotten me
and trusted in lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:27 - But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD.’ He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
all their princes are rebels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11 - But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.[fn]
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