ἈΠΙΣΤΙΑ, ἀπιστια
APISTIA, apistia
Sounds Like: ah-pis-TEE-ah
Translations: unbelief, faithlessness, distrust, an unbelief
From the root: ἈΠΙΣΤΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of lacking faith, trust, or conviction. It can describe a general absence of belief, a specific act of distrust, or a condition of being unconvinced. It is often used in contrast to 'faith' or 'belief'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0570 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 8:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 33:9
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 19:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 14:25
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 15:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΙΣΤΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΤΗΝἈΠΙΣΤΙΑΝ — the unbelief, the faithlessness
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