Word study · Greek
apistia
unbelief, lack of faith
Say it: ap-is-TEE-ah (approximate)
ἀπιστία
What it means
The opposite of pistis. Jesus is amazed at it in his hometown (6:6). The boy's father says in the same breath, "I believe; help my unbelief" (9:24), which shows that faith and unbelief can sit side by side in one person, and that Jesus responds to a prayer even then.
Range of meaning
- UnbeliefLack of trust.
- UnfaithfulnessA broken trust.
In Mark
- Chapter 9
"Help my unbelief" (9:24).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G0570 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources