Quick Definition
ἀπειθής, ές Adj unbelieving, disobedient
Strong's Definition
from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3982; unpersuadable, i.e. contumacious
KJV Usage: disobedient
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπειθής, -€s, gen. -ods, (πείθομαι), impersuasible, uncompliant, contumacious, [A. V. disobedient]: absol., Lk. i. 17; Tit.i.16; iii. 3; τινί, 2 Tim. 111. 2; Ro. i. 30; Acts xxvi. 19. (Deut. xxi. 18; Num. xx. 10; Is. xxx. 9; Zech. vii. 12; in Grk. writ. fr. Thue. down; [in Theogn. 1235 actively not persuasive].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπειθής apeithēs 6x
who will not be persuaded, uncompliant; disobedient, Lk. 1:17; Acts 26:19; Rom. 1:30; 2 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:16; 3:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπειθής, -ές
(< πείθομαι), [in LXX for מרה, מְרִי, סרר;]
disobedient: absol., Lk 1:17, Tit 1:16 3:3; c. dat., Ac 26:19, Ro 1:30, II Ti 3:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπειθής occurs in Sy// 8108 (Phlius) δίκη δὲ ἐπικρέματα[ι] τιμωρὸς ἀπελθόν[τι] ἀπειθὴς Nepéoe[ws], where Dittenberger renders ““implacabilis Nemeseos deae vindicta tibi imminet.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπειθής (apeithēs) — disobedient. ἀπειθής, ές, disobedient, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, τοῖς κυβερνήταις ἀπειθεστέρας τὰς ναῦς παρεῖχον less obedient to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of horses, [Refs]; ἀπειθέα τεύχειν work disobedience, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. adverb ἀπειθῶς, ἔχειν πρός τινα[Refs 5th c.BC+] __b unbelieving, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
2. of things, inflexible, rigid, κέντρον[Refs 1st c.AD+]unyielding, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; χῶρος ἀ. impracticable, of Hades, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. active, not persuasive, incredible, μῦθος[Refs 6th c.BC+]; uninviting, πρὸς τὴν γεῦσιν[Refs 1st c.BC+]; of places, difficult of access, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
