Lexicon dipsuchos: of two minds, wavering Original Word: δίψυχος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dipsuchos Phonetic Spelling: (dip'-soo-khos) Short Definition: double-minded, wavering Definition: (lit: of two souls, of two selves), double-minded, wavering. HELPS word-Studies 1374 dípsyxos (an adjective, derived from 1364 /dís, "two" and 5590 /psyxḗ, "soul") – properly, "two souled"; (figuratively) "double-minded," i.e. a person "split in half," vacillating like a "spiritual schizophrenic." This term may have been coined in the NT (R. Lenski, P. Davids). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dis and psuchéDefinitionof two minds, wavering NASB Translationdouble-minded (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1374: δίψυχοςδίψυχος, διψυχον ( δίς and ψυχή), double-minded; a. wavering, uncertain, doubting: James 1:8 (οἱ δίψυχοι καί οἱ δισταζοντες περί τῆς τοῦ θοῦ δυνάμεως, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 11, 2 [ET]; ταλαίπωροι εἰσιν οἱ δίψυχοι, οἱ δισταζοντες τήν ψυχήν (others τῇ ψυχή), ibid. 23, 3 [ET]; μή γίνου δίψυχος ἐν προσευχή σου, εἰ ἔσται ἤ οὐ, Apostolic Constitutions 7, 11; μή γίνου δίψυχος ἐν προσευχή σου, μακάριος γάρ ὁ μή διστασας, Ignatius ad. Heron. 7; (cf. references in Muller's note on the Epistle of Barnabas, 19, 5 [ET])). b. divided in interest namely, between God and the world: James 4:8. Not found in secular writings. (Philo, fragment 2:663).
Strong's double minded. From dis and psuche; two-spirited, i.e. Vacillating (in opinion or purpose) -- double minded. see GREEK dis see GREEK psuche |
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