Lexicon adokimos: failing to pass the test Original Word: ἀδόκιμος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: adokimos Phonetic Spelling: (ad-ok'-ee-mos) Short Definition: failing to pass the test Definition: failing to pass the test, unapproved, counterfeit. Thayer's STRONGS NT 96: ἀδόκιμοςἀδόκιμος, ( δόκιμος) (from Euripides down), not standing the test, not approved; properly of metals and coin, ἀργύριον, Isaiah 1:22; Proverbs 25:4; νόμισμα, Plato, legg. see p. 742 a., others; hence, which does not prove itself to be such as it ought: γῆ, of sterile soil, Hebrews 6:8; in a moral sense ( A. V. reprobate), 1 Corinthians 9:27; 2 Corinthians 13:5-7; νοῦς, Romans 1:28; περί τήν πίστιν, 2 Timothy 3:8; hence, unfit for something: πρός πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν ἀδόκιμοι, Titus 1:16.
Strong's castaway, rejected, reprobate. From a (as a negative particle) and dokimos; unapproved, i.e. Rejected; by implication, worthless (literally or morally) -- castaway, rejected, reprobate. see GREEK a see GREEK dokimos |
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