Strong G96ἀδόκιμος
failing
- Transliteration
- adokimos
- Pronunciation
- ad-ok'-ee-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀ-δόκιμος, -ον,
[in LXX: Pro.25:4, Isa.1:22 (סִיג) *;]
1. of things (prop. of metals: LXX, ll. with), not standing the test, rejected: γῆ, Heb.6:8.
2. Of persons, rejected after testing, reprobate: Rom.1:28, 1Co.9:27, 2Co.13:5-7, 2Ti.3:8, Tit.1:16 (Cremer, 212).
† (AS)
[in LXX: Pro.25:4, Isa.1:22 (סִיג) *;]
1. of things (prop. of metals: LXX, ll. with), not standing the test, rejected: γῆ, Heb.6:8.
2. Of persons, rejected after testing, reprobate: Rom.1:28, 1Co.9:27, 2Co.13:5-7, 2Ti.3:8, Tit.1:16 (Cremer, 212).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G96 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- reprobate6
- castaway1
- reject1
First verses
- Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- 1 Corinthians 9:27But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- 2 Corinthians 13:6But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
- 2 Corinthians 13:7Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
- 2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
- Titus 1:16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
- Hebrews 6:8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀδόκιμ-ος, ον,
not legal tender, not current, of coin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742a)]; not approved, of horses, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.1.)]
2 unsatisfactory, unconvincing, of a statement, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 76.47, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Topicorum libros octo commentaria - pars” 576.14.)]
3 disreputable, λακίσματ᾽ ἀδόκιμ᾽ ὀλβίοις ἔχειν[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 497; μοῦσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.36, NT.Rom.1.28)]. adverb -μως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.160.)]
4 of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618b)]; discredited, reprobate, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 3.3 NT.2Tim.3.8, etc.)]
not legal tender, not current, of coin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742a)]; not approved, of horses, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 49.1.)]
2 unsatisfactory, unconvincing, of a statement, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 76.47, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Topicorum libros octo commentaria - pars” 576.14.)]
3 disreputable, λακίσματ᾽ ἀδόκιμ᾽ ὀλβίοις ἔχειν[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 497; μοῦσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.36, NT.Rom.1.28)]. adverb -μως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.160.)]
4 of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618b)]; discredited, reprobate, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 3.3 NT.2Tim.3.8, etc.)]