"who will not be persuaded, uncompliant; disobedient, Lk. 1:17; Acts 26:19; Rom. 1:30; 2 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:16; 3:3"
Definition and meaning
who will not be persuaded, uncompliant; disobedient, Lk. 1:17; Acts 26:19; Rom. 1:30; 2 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:16; 3:3
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀπειθής
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of apeithes (G545) across the King James Bible.
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
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Common questions
Strong's G545 (apeithes) is a Greek word that means: who will not be persuaded, uncompliant; disobedient, Lk. 1:17; Acts 26:19; Rom. 1:30; 2 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:16; 3:3 It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word apeithes (G545) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G545 is apeithes, a Greek word defined as: who will not be persuaded, uncompliant; disobedient, Lk. 1:17; Acts 26:19; Rom. 1:30; 2 Tim. 3:2; Tit. 1:16; 3:3. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
apeithes is a Greek word found in the New Testament.