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Strong's #545 - ἀπειθής
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- impersuasible, not compliant, disobedient, contumacious
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ἀπειθής, ές,
1. disobedient, S. Fr. 45; ἀ. τοῖς νόμοις Pl. Lg. 936b; of ships, τοῖς κυβερνήταις ἀπειθεστέρας τὰς ναῦς παρεῖχον less obedient to them, Th. 2.84, cf. D.C. 50.29 (Comp.), Orph. A. 247; στράτευμα X. Eq. 3.6; of horses, Id. Eq.Mag. 1.3; ἀπειθέα τεύχειν work disobedience, Call. Dian. 66. Adv. ἀπειθῶς, ἔχειν πρός τινα Pl. R. 391b. unbelieving, Nonn. D. 8.306.
2. of things, inflexible, rigid, κέντρον Ael. NA 1.55; σιδήρου καὶ ἀδάμαντος ἀπειθέστεροι Ph. 2.87; ὀδόντες ἀ. unyielding, Opp. C. 2.511; χῶρος ἀ. impracticable, of Hades, Hermesian. 7.3; δίκη ἀ. Νεμέσεως IG 4.444. II Act., not persuasive, incredible, μῦθος Thgn. 1235; uninviting, πρὸς τὴν γεῦσιν Hices. ap. Ath. 3.87b, c; τὴν γεῦσιν Id. 323a; of places, difficult of access, Ael. Fr. 120.
ἀπειθής, ἀπειθες, genitive ἀπειθους (πείθομαι), impersuasible, uncompliant, contumacious (A. V. disobedient): absolutely, Luke 1:17; Titus 1:16; Titus 3:3; τίνι, 2 Timothy 3:2; Romans 1:30; Acts 26:19. (Deuteronomy 21:18; Numbers 20:10; Isaiah 30:9; Zechariah 7:12; in Greek writings from Thucydides down; (in Theognis, 1235 actively not persuasive).)
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ἀπειθής occurs in Syll 810.8 (Phlius) δίκη δὲ ἐπικρέματα [ι ] τιμωρὸς ἀπελθόν [τι ] ἀπειθὴς Νεμέσε [ως ], where Dittenberger renders ";implacabilis Nemeseos deae vindicta tibi imminet.";
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