ἀπιστ-έω,
fut. Pass. ἀπιστηθήσομαι D.S. 32.10, but ἀπιστήσομαι in pass. sense, Pl. R. 450c: -
I
1. to be ἄπιστος, and so: I disbelieve, distrust, ἐγὼ τὸ μὲν οὔ ποτ’ ἀπίστεον Od. 13.339; τύχην ἀ. E. Alc. 1130; πάντα Ar. Ec. 775, cf. Th. 7.28 (s.v.l.), X. Ages. 5.6, 8.7: - Pass., τὴν γνῶσιν τοῦ οἰκείου ἀπιστεῖσθαι was distrusted, i.e. no one could be sure of knowing, Th. 7.44; ἀ. ἐν μαρτυρίαις Antipho 2.2.7; ἐπειδὰν γνῶσιν ἀπιστούμενοι, οὐ φιλοῦσι τοὺς ἀπιστοῦντας X. Cyr. 7.2.17, cf. Hier. 4.1; ὑπὸ τῆς πατρίδος Id. Smp. 4.29, cf. Pl. Plt. 271b, Isoc. 5.49: - but mostly,
2. c. dat. pers., κρατέουσιν Emp. 5.1, cf. Th. 8.83, Pl. Prt. 319b, etc.: so c. dat. rei, τῷ χρησμῷ Hdt. 1.158; πῶς ἀπιστήσω λόγοις; S. Ph. 1350, cf. Th. 6.86; ἀ.τῇ ἐξ αὑτῶν ξυνέσει Id. 3.37; τοῖς ἰάμασιν IG 4.951.24 (Epid.); ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς Arist. EN 1112b10; ἀ.τινί τι disbelieve one in a thing, Hdt. 3.122; περί τινος Id. 4.96; οἷς ἠπίστησαν ἔχειν.. whom they suspected of having, Plb. 4.18.8.
3. c. inf., οὐδέν σ’ ἀπιστῶ καὶ δὶς οἰμῶξαι I nothing doubt that.., S. Aj. 940; ἀ. μὴ γενέσθαι τι to doubt that it could be, Th. 1.10; ἀπιστοῦντες αὐτὸν μὴ ἥξειν Id. 2.101, cf. 4.40, Pl. Plt. 301c, R. 555a; also ἀ. μὴ οὐκ ἐπιστήμη ᾖ ἡ ἀρετή Id. Men. 89d; ἀ. πῶς.. Phd. 73b; ἀ. εἰ.. APl. 4.52 (Phil.), Ph. 2.555; ὅτι.. Pl. Men. 89d; ὡς R. 450c: - Pass., τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ἀπιστεῖται μὴ δυνατὸν εἶναι it is not believed to be possible, Id. Lg. 839c, cf. Chrm. 168e.
4. abs., to be incredulous, Hdt. 8.94, cf. [Mar 16:16], etc.; νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ’ ἀπιστεῖν Epich. 250; ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις Ph. 2.92.
II = ἀπειθέω,
1. disobey, τινί Hdt. 6.108, freq.in Trag.and Pl., A. Pr. 640, S. Ant. 381 (lyr.), Tr. 1183, 1224, Pl. Ap. 29c, al.: abs., to be disobedient, τοῖς ἀπιστοῦσιν τάδε in these things, S. Ant. 219, cf. 656; ἢν δ’ ἀπιστῶσι but if they refuse to comply, E. Supp. 389, cf. Pl. Lg. 941c.
2. to be faithless, εἰ ἡμεῖς ἀπιστοῦμεν, ἐκεῖνος πιστὸς μένει [2Ti 2:13].
3. νεκρὸς τὸν θάνατον ἀπιστούμενος belying death, Polem. Call. 55.
III τὸ σῶμ’ οὐκ ἀπιστήσω χθονί, i.e. I will not hesitate to commit it.., E. Heracl. 1024; τούτῳ ἠπίστησεν ἀποθανοῦσαν ἑαυτὴν ἐπιτρέψαι Lys. 31.21.
G569 — ἀπιστέω
ἀπίστω; (imperfect ἠπίστουν); 1 aorist ἠπίστησα; (ἄπιστος);
1. to betray a trust, be unfaithful: [2Ti 2:13] (opposed to πιστός μένει); [Rom 3:3]; (others deny this sense in the N. T.; cf. Morison or Meyer on Romans, the passage cited; Ellicott on 2 Timothy, the passage cited).
2. to have no belief, disbelieve: in the news of Christ's resurrection, [Mar 16:11]; [Luk 24:41]; with dative of person, [Luk 24:11]; in the tidings concerning Jesus the Messiah, [Mar 16:16] (opposed to πιστεύω) (so [1Pe 2:7] T Tr WH); [Act 28:24]. (In Greek writings from Homer down.)
** ἀπιστέω , - ῶ
( < ἄπιστος ),
[in LXX : Wis 1:2 ; Wis 10:7 ; Wis 12:17 ; Wis 18:13 , Sir 1:27 , 2Ma 8:13 * ;]
1. to disbelieve, be faithless: [Mar 16:11]; [Mar 16:16], [Luk 24:11]; [Luk 24:41], Act 28:24 , [1Pe 2:7]; so prob. also [Rom 3:3], [2Ti 2:13] ( ICC , CGT , in ll ; MM , s.v. ).
2. = ἀπειθέω ( Hdt .; on this sense in Ro, 2Ti, ll . c ., v. Vaughan on Ro, l.c .; Lft., Notes , 265; Thayer , s.v. ). †