Strong G793ἀστήρικτος
unstable
- Transliteration
- astēriktos
- Pronunciation
- as-tay'-rik-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀ-στήρικτος, -ον
(στηρίζω),
unstable, unsettled: 2Pe.2:14 3:16.†
(AS)
(στηρίζω),
unstable, unsettled: 2Pe.2:14 3:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G793 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- unstable2
First verses
- 2 Peter 2:14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
- 2 Peter 3:16As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀστήρικτος, ον,
not supported by a staff, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.203 (Lacon or 1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; unstable, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 2.2, NT.2Pet.3.16, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 2.15, +others; ἀ. λογισμοῦ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 242.3)]; not remaining still, of persons, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 10.14, +others)]; of water,[Refs ([prev. work] 32.8, +others)]
not supported by a staff, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.203 (Lacon or 1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; unstable, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 2.2, NT.2Pet.3.16, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 2.15, +others; ἀ. λογισμοῦ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 242.3)]; not remaining still, of persons, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 10.14, +others)]; of water,[Refs ([prev. work] 32.8, +others)]