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Webster 1913 Edition
Unbelief
Unˊbe-lief′
,Noun.
[Pref.
un-
not + belief
: cf. AS. ungeleáfa
.] 1.
The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
2.
Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.
Blind
And scan his work in vain.
unbelief
is sure to err,And scan his work in vain.
Cowper.
Syn. – See
Disbelief
. Webster 1828 Edition
Unbelief
UNBELIE'F
,Noun.
1.
Incredulity; the withholding of belief; as, unbelief is blind.2.
Infidelity; disbelief of divine revelation.3.
In the New Testament, disbelief of the truth of the gospel, rejection of Christ as the Savior of men, and of the doctrines he taught; distrust of God's promises and faithfulness, &c. Matt. 13. Mark 16. Heb. 3. Rom. 4.4.
Weak faith. Mark 9.Definition 2025
unbelief
unbelief
English
Noun
unbelief (usually uncountable, plural unbeliefs)
- An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark VI:
- And he coulde there shewe no myracles butt leyd his hondes apon a feawe sicke foolke and healed them. And he merveyled at their unbelefe.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 35:
- On hands and knees he looked at the empty siding and up at the sunfilled sky with unbelief and despair.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 781:
- Soon Spinoza was regarded as the standard-bearer for unbelief, even though pervading his carefully-worded writings there is a clear notion of a divine spirit inhabiting the world, and a profound sense of wonder and reverence for mystery.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark VI:
Translations
lack of belief
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