Greek verb · G544
ἀπειθέω
apeitheoap-i-theh'-o
to disobey
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apeithéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G544is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G544
to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely)
The King James renders it: not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apeitheo is rendered "to disobey". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 3:36ἀπειθῶν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- disobeying4
- having disobeyed3
- were disobedient2
- are disobedient1
- being disobedient1
- not obeying1
- refusing to be persuaded1
- they were disbelieving1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἄπειμι | apeimi | be away | Uses7 |
| ἀπείθεια | apeitheia | disobedience | Uses7 |
| ἀπειθής | apeithes | disobedient | Uses6 |
| ἀπειλή | apeile | threat | Uses3 |
| ἀπειλέω | apeileo | to threaten | Uses2 |
| ἄπειμι | apeimi | to go | Uses1 |
| ἄπειρος | apeiros | unacquainted | Uses1 |
| ἀπειπόμην | apeipomen | to renounce | Uses1 |
| ἀπείραστος | apeirastos | untempted | Uses1 |
| ἀπείδω | apeido | to fix one's eyes | Usesnot recorded |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀπειθήσασιν2
- ἀπειθούντων2
- ἀπειθοῦσιν2
- ἀπειθήσαντες1
- ἀπειθήσασίν1
- ἀπειθοῦντα1
- ἀπειθοῦντες1
- ἀπειθῶν1
- ἠπείθησαν1
- ἠπειθήσατε1
- ἠπείθουν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2V-AAP-DPM
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2V-PAP-GPM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AAI-2P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural1V-AAP-DPN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-DPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
John
one use
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- ἀπειθῶνapeithonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: not obeying
Acts
two uses
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
- ἀπειθήσαντεςapeithesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: disobeying
But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
- ἠπείθουνepeithounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were disbelieving
Romans
five uses
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- ἀπειθοῦσινapeithousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: disobeying
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
- ἀπειθοῦνταapeithountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: disobeying
Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
- ἠπειθήσατεepeithesateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: were disobedient
so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.
- ἠπείθησανepeithesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were disobedient
Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,
- ἀπειθούντωνapeithountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: refusing to be persuaded
Hebrews
two uses
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
- ἀπειθήσασινapeithesasinverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: having disobeyed
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
- ἀπειθήσασινapeithesasinverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: having disobeyed
1 Peter
four uses
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
- ἀπειθοῦντεςapeithountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being disobedient
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
- ἀπειθοῦσινapeithousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are disobedient
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
- ἀπειθήσασίνapeithesasinverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: having disobeyed
For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
- ἀπειθούντωνapeithountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: disobeying
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.