Word Study · Strong's G570 · Greek
ἀπιστία
apistia
ap-is-tee'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: apistía
“faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
faithlessness, i.e. (negatively) disbelief (lack of Christian faith), or (positively) unfaithfulness (disobedience)
Rendered in the KJV as
unbelief.
- 10occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- ἀπιστίᾳ,2
- ἀπιστίαν2
- ἀπιστία1
- ἀπιστίᾳ1
- ἀπιστίᾳ.¶1
- ἀπιστίᾳ·1
- ἀπιστίαν.¶1
- ἀπιστίας1
How it is rendered · 7
- unbelief4
- in unbelief,1
- of unbelief1
- through unbelief,1
- unbelief;1
- unbelief!1
- unbelief.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular5
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
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- N-DSF · 5
- N-ASF · 3
- N-GSF · 1
- N-NSF · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Matthew1 occurrence
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 6:6ἀπιστίανapistiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.here: unbelief
- Mark 9:24ἀπιστίᾳ.¶apistianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularImmediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”here: unbelief!
Romans4 occurrences
- Romans 3:3ἀπιστίαapistianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularWhat if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?here: unbelief
- Romans 4:20ἀπιστίᾳ,apistianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularYet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,here: through unbelief,
- Romans 11:20ἀπιστίᾳapistianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularThat is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.here: unbelief
- Romans 11:23ἀπιστίᾳ,apistianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAnd if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.here: in unbelief,
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 3:12ἀπιστίαςapistiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularSee to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.here: of unbelief
- Hebrews 3:19ἀπιστίαν.¶apistiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularSo we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.here: unbelief.