Disobedient
ἀπειθήςStrong’s G0545apeithēs
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apeithēs is the Greek word usually translated “disobedient”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”
Meaning
Usually translated “disobedient”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- disobedient 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Titus 2
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Timothy 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 3:3In contextFor we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
- Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
- Acts 26:19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
- Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- 2 Timothy 3:2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Greek dictionary
ἀπειθής apeithēs · disobedient
ἀπειθής, -ές (πείθομαι), [in LXX for מַרְאָה, מְרִיא, סָרַר ;] disobedient: absol., Luk.1:17, Tit.1:16 3:3; with dative, Act.26:19, Rom.1:30, 2Ti.3:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “disobedient” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISOBEDIENT, adjective
- Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; as children disobedient to parents; citizens disobedient to the laws.“I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision” Acts 26:19
- Not yielding to exciting force or power.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.