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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxExo 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - for the Amalekites and the Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the LORD, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - Remember this and never forget how you aroused the anger of the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, he said, “Go up and take possession of the land I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You did not trust him or obey him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24 - You have been rebellious against the LORD ever since I have known you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51 - This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the LORD. For the LORD had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - The prophet answered, “As surely as the LORD lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.” And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - “You warned them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’ Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and refused to listen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from[fn] the rebellious— that you,[fn] LORD God, might dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:21 - Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - I will turn my hand against you;[fn] I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11 - This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, relied on oppression and depended on deceit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - You say you have counsel and might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:2 - All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:14 - When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:25 - This is your lot, the portion I have decreed for you,”

declares the LORD,

“because you have forgotten me and trusted in false gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:27 - But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’ Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11 - “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.
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