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G545 ἀπειθής (apeithḗs)
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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

adjc. | -ές | ἀ- + πείθω

36.24 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Obey, Disobey

disobedient (derivative of ἀπειθέω[a] ‘to disobey,’ 36.23) pertaining to being continuously disobedient

LUK 1:17 · ACT 26:19 · ROM 1:30 · 2TI 3:2 · TIT 1:16 · TIT 3:3

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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+]

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