ΑΠΙΘΑΝΟΣ, απιθανος
APITHANOS, apithanos
Sounds Like: ah-pee-tha-NOS
Translations: unbelievable, incredible, improbable, untrustworthy, not persuasive
From the root: ΑΠΙΘΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'unbelievable' or 'incredible'. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (alpha privative, meaning 'not') and 'πιθανός' (pithanos), which means 'persuasive' or 'credible'. Therefore, it literally means 'not persuasive' or 'not credible'. It describes something that is difficult to believe or that lacks credibility, often used in contexts where something seems too unlikely to be true.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G0545 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΙΘΑΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΠΙΘΑΝΟΤΗΤΑ — unlikelihood, improbability, a lack of credibility
- ἈΠΙΘΑΝΟΥ — of unlikely, of improbable, of incredible, of unbelievable
- ΑΠΙΘΑΝΟΝ — incredible, unbelievable, improbable, impossible, not to be persuaded
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