| Lexical Summary apeitheō: to disobeyOriginal Word: ἀπειθέω Transliteration: apeitheō Phonetic Spelling: (ap-i-theh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to disobey Meaning: to disobey Strong's Concordanceto disbelieve, disobey From apeithes; to disbelieve (wilfully and perversely) -- not believe, disobedient, obey not, unbelieving. see GREEK apeithes Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 544: ἀπειθέω ἀπειθέω, ἀπειθῶ; imperfect ἠπείθουν; 1 aorist ἠπείθησα; "to be ἀπειθής (which see); not to allow oneself to be persuaded; not to comply with; a. to refuse or withhold belief (in Christ, in the gospel; opposed to πιστεύω): τῷ υἱῷ, John 3:36; τῷ λόγῳ, 1 Peter 2:8; 1 Peter 3:1; absolutely of those who reject the gospel, (R. V. to be disobedient; cf. b.): Acts 14:2; Acts 17:5 (Rec.);  b. to refuse belief and obedience: with the dative of thing or of person, Romans 2:8 (τῇ ἀλήθεια);  | 



