Strong G96ἀδόκιμος

failing

Transliteration
adokimos
Pronunciation
ad-ok'-ee-mos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1384; unapproved that is rejected; by implication worthless (literally or morally): - castaway rejected reprobate.

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 the Bible

Strong G96 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • reprobate6
  • castaway1
  • reject1

First verses

  1. Romans 1:28
    And 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;
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:27
    But 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.
  3. 2 Corinthians 13:5
    Examine 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?
  4. 2 Corinthians 13:6
    But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
  5. 2 Corinthians 13:7
    Now 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.
  6. 2 Timothy 3:8
    Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
  7. Titus 1:16
    They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
  8. Hebrews 6:8
    But 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.)]