ἀπιστία
apistia
“unbelief”
Definition
faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
from G571 (ἄπιστος);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ἀπιστία appears 11 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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