Astḗriktos — G793

Definition

adjective

unfixed, i.e. (figuratively) vacillating

Usually translated as

unstable

Origin

from G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4741

• A (G1)
• stērízō (G4741)

Occurrences

Astḗriktos occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Peter (2)

• 2 Peter 2:14 — Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable (ἀστηρίκτους) souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
• 2 Peter 3:16 — As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable (ἀστήρικτοι) wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.