Lexicon
apeithés: disobedient
Original Word: ἀπειθής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: apeithés
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-i-thace')
Short Definition: unbelieving, disobedient
Definition: unbelieving, disobedient, who will not be persuaded.
HELPS word-Studies
Cognate: 545 apeithḗs (an adjective) – literally, unwilling to be persuaded (by God) which shows itself in outward disobedience (outward spiritual rebellion); disobedient because unpersuaded.
545 /apeithḗs ("unpersuaded") begins with the decision to reject what God prefers, with His offer to persuade about His preferred-will (cf. 2307 /thélēma). See 543 (apeitheia).
[Note the root, 3982 /peíthō ("persuade").]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
alpha (as a neg. prefix) and
peithóDefinitiondisobedient
NASB Translationdisobedience (1), disobedient (6).