To disbelieve
ἀπιστέωStrong’s G0569apisteō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apisteō is the Greek word usually translated “disbelieved”, “having disbelieved” and “were not believing”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.”
Meaning
Usually translated “disbelieved”, “having disbelieved” and “were not believing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- disbelieved 2
- having disbelieved 1
- they were not believing 1
- while are disbelieving 1
- were disbelieving 1
- we are faithless 1
- disbelieving 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- 1 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
- Luke 24:11And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
- Luke 24:41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
- Acts 28:24And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
- Romans 3:3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- 2 Timothy 2:13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Greek dictionary
ἀπιστέω apisteō · to disbelieve
ἀπιστέω, -ῶ (ἄπιστος), [in LXX: Wis.1:2 10:7 12:17 18:13, Sir.1:27, 2Ma.8:13 * ;] 1. to disbelieve, be faithless: Mrk.16:11, 16, Luk.24:11, 41, Act.28:24, 1Pe.2:7; so prob. also Rom.3:3, 2Ti.2:13 (ICC, CGT, in ll; MM, see word). 2. = ἀπειθέω (Hdt.; on this sense in Ro, 2Ti, ll. with, see Vaughan on Ro, l.with; Lft., Notes, 265; Thayer, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “disbelieve” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISBELIEVE, verb transitive
[dis and believe.]
Not to believe; to hold not to be true or not to exist; to refuse to credit. Some men disbelieve the inspiration of the scriptures, and the immortality of the soul.
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.