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unbelief Definition

un·be·lief (-bə lēf)

noun

a withholding or lack of belief, esp. in religion or in certain religious doctrines

Etymology: ME unbeleve

unbelief Synonyms

unbelief

n.

disbelief, doubt, skepticism, incredulity, uncertainty, agnosticism; see also doubt 1, uncertainty 1.

unbelief implies merely a lack of belief, as because of insufficient evidence, esp. in matters of religion or faith; disbelief suggests a positive refusal to believe an assertion, theory, etc. she listened with disbelief to his ridiculous accusations; incredulity implies a general skepticism or disinclination to believe

unbelief Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • help: That's just the one thing wanted; just say, Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief!
  • deepen: Or maybe you're hostile to the gospel of Jesus Christ and you are sinking into deepening unbelief.
  • eradicate: According to Islamic narrations, Jesus is the last prophet who will eradicate unbelief and usher in the final hour.
  • judge: And if He said He would judge unbelief, that's exactly what He'll do, He'll judge unbelief.
  • do: Just as faith encompasses the whole of our lives, so does unbelief.

Adjective modifier

  • blind: Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan his works in vain.
  • such: This Christmas has given us more evidence of such unbelief.
  • own: Do not, we beseech you, keep away in the distance of your own unbelief.
  • willful: And the reason is spiritual sight is a gift from God given to willing faith, not to static determined ignorant willful unbelief.
  • much: A little time spent in duty is with a great deal of murmuring; doth not this bewray too much unbelief?
  • ignorant: There's that kind of unbelief that's hard, cold, dead, willing, ignorant unbelief.

Modifies a noun

  • cannot: Friend, even our unbelief cannot stop God's Word coming to pass!

Noun used with modifier

  • mine: Pray: " Lord I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.
  • thou: That's just the one thing wanted; just say, Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief!

Preposition: in

  • power: No: it is all unbelief in divine power and love, and machinery brought in to make up for the want of it.
  • thing: We find they proclaim their unbelief in every thing.

Preposition: of

  • man: UNBELIEF AND DATING The unbelief of these men in miracles has a profound affect on their dating of the Old Testament documents.
unbelief Quotes

And Jesus said unto them,Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.

—Cowper,William

All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by doubt: We called the chess-board white,öwe call it black.

—Browning, Robert

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

—Bible (NewTestament)

I do not believe in Belief† Lord I disbelieveöhelp thou my unbelief.

—Forster, E(dward) M(organ)

Belief consists in affirming the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

—Emerson, RalphWaldo

Thereisnostrengthinunbelief.Eventheunbeliefof what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.

—MacDonald, George

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