Lexicon distazo: I waver, doubt Original Word: διστάζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: distazo Phonetic Spelling: (dis-tad'-zo) Short Definition: I waver, doubt Definition: I waver, doubt, hesitate. HELPS word-Studies 1365 distázō (from 1364 /dís, "two, double" and 4714 /stásis, "stance, standing") – properly, going two ways, shifting between positions; choosing "a double-stance" and hence vacillate (waver); (figuratively) uncertain at a crossroad because refusing to choose one way over the other – "wanting to have our cake and eat it too"; to halt between two opinions (views, beliefs). Thayer's STRONGS NT 1365: διστάζωδιστάζω: 1 aorist ἐδίστασα ( δίς); to doubt, waver: Matthew 14:31; Matthew 28:17. ( Plato ( Sophocles), Aristotle, Plutarch, others.)
Strong's doubt. From dis; properly, to duplicate, i.e. (mentally) to waver (in opinion) -- doubt. see GREEK dis |
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