noun · feminine
adēlotas
Greekἀδηλότης (adēlotēs)
Strong’sG83
uncertainty
stem adēlot-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἀδηλότης, -ητος, ἡ
(< ἄδηλος),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G83 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidad-ay-lot'-ace
uncertainty
Fromfrom G82;
King JamesX uncertain.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | adēlotas | adēlotais |
| object accusative | adēlotan | adēlotain |
| direct address vocative | adēlotar | adēlotair |
| of, belonging to genitive | adēlotau | adēlotaiu |
| to, for dative | adēlota1×ἀδηλότητι | adēlotai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
adēlota is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
adēlota“uncertainty”to, fordative singular1×
1 Timothy 6:17“uncertainty”Toi plousioi en to nun aiōno parangellasōr mē hupsēlofronarō mēde elpizarē epi ploutou adēlota, alla epi theo to parecharōto ni panteim plousiōs eis apolausian,Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.