793. astériktos
Lexicon
astériktos: Unstable, unsteady

Original Word: ἀστήρικτος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: astériktos
Pronunciation: ah-STAY-reek-tos
Phonetic Spelling: (as-tay'-rik-tos)
KJV: unstable
NASB: unstable
Word Origin: [from G1 (α - Alpha) (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4741 (στηρίζω - strengthen)]

1. unfixed
2. (figuratively) vacillating

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
unstable.

From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of sterizo; unfixed, i.e. (figuratively) vacillating -- unstable.

see GREEK a

see GREEK sterizo

HELPS Word-studies

793 astḗriktos (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "not" and 4741 /stērízō "confirm") – properly, not established (unstable), describing someone who (literally) does not have a staff to lean on – hence, a person who can not be relied on because they are not steady (do not remain fixed, i.e. unstable).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and stérizó
Definition
unstable, unsettled
NASB Translation
unstable (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 793: ἀστήρικτος

ἀστήρικτος, ἀστηρικτον (στηρίζω), unstable, unsteadfast: 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 3:16. (Anthol. Pal. 6, 203, 11.)

Forms and Transliterations
αστηρικτοι αστήρικτοι ἀστήρικτοι αστηρικτους αστηρίκτους ἀστηρίκτους asteriktoi astēriktoi astḗriktoi asteriktous asteríktous astēriktous astēríktous
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Peter 2:14 Adj-AFP
GRK: δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην
NAS: enticing unstable souls,
KJV: beguiling unstable souls:
INT: alluring souls unestablished a heart exercised

2 Peter 3:16 Adj-NMP
GRK: ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀστήρικτοι στρεβλοῦσιν ὡς
NAS: the untaught and unstable distort,
KJV: and unstable wrest,
INT: untaught and unestablished distort as

Strong's Greek 793
2 Occurrences


ἀστήρικτοι — 1 Occ.
ἀστηρίκτους — 1 Occ.

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