ἀστήρικτος
astēriktos
“unstable”
Definition
unfixed, i.e. (figuratively) vacillating
from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4741 (στηρίζω);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
ἀστήρικτος appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
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