Astēriktos ἀστήρικτος
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| ἀστήρικτος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | astēriktos |
| Strong's number | G793 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | unstable |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Astēriktos (Greek ἀστήρικτος, Strong's G793) is a Greek adjective meaning “unstable”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | unstable (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | unstable (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Astēriktos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Peter
- 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:Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
- 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.He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).