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ἀπιστία

MainId: 000566000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0570

Notes: [{'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'In contrast with ἀπιστέω[a] ({D:31.39}) meaning to not believe that something is true, ἀπιστέω[b] (and ἀπιστία[b] ) involve a refusal to put one’s trust, reliance, or belief in something or someone. ἀπιστέω[b] thus has a number of significant added components of meaning.'}, {'Caller': 2, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'The same factors apply to the classification of ἀπιστέω[c] and ἀπιστία[c] as apply to the classification of πιστεύω[c] and πίστις[d] ({D:31.102}), in view of the fact that a set of specific beliefs or relationships is clearly implied.'}]

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 000566001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἀπιστία

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ας

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'ἀπιστία', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'ἀ-', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'πιστεύω', 'Meanings': []}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 000566001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 31.89

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

      LEXSubDomains: Trust, Rely

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-11 15:09:25

         DefinitionShort: the state of being someone in whom confidence cannot be placed

         Glosses: ['lacking in trustworthiness', 'unfaithfulness']

         Comments: The occurrence of both ἀπιστία and {L:πίστις} ({D:31.88}) in this expression in {S:04500300300016} may cause certain difficulties in appropriately rendering the meaning in other languages. It may therefore be necessary to spell out in some detail the fuller implications of ἀπιστία and {L:πίστις}. Moreover, the question implies a negative response, but the question (since it is rhetorical) can easily be rendered as a strong negative statement, for example, ‘the fact that they were persons who could not be trusted does not mean that God cannot be trusted.’

      LEXReferences: ROM 3:3

   2. LEXID: 000566001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 31.97

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

      LEXSubDomains: Trust, Rely

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-11 15:09:25

         DefinitionShort: to refuse to put one’s trust or reliance in something or someone{N:001}

         Glosses: ['to not believe (in)', 'to refuse to believe', 'to not trust in', 'unbelief']

         Comments: One of the serious problems involved in rendering ‘to believe’ or ‘to refuse to believe’ is that so frequently the NT text does not indicate precisely the goal or object of such belief.|In a number of languages, however, the syntactic requirements are such that some clear goal must be in the immediate context. For example, in {S:04101601600016} it may be possible to translate ‘whoever refuses to believe the good news shall be condemned.’

      LEXReferences: MARK 6:6, MARK 9:24, ROM 4:20, ROM 11:20, ROM 11:23, HEB 3:19

   3. LEXID: 000566001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 31.105

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

      LEXSubDomains: Be a Believer, Christian Faith

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-11 15:09:25

         DefinitionShort: to not believe in the good news about Jesus Christ and hence not become a follower{N:002}

         Glosses: ['to not be a believer', 'to be a non-Christian', 'to be an infidel', 'not believing', 'to be a pagan']

      LEXReferences: MAT 13:58, MARK 16:14, ROM 11:23, 1TIM 1:13, HEB 3:12