adjective

adokimos

Greekἀδόκιμος (adokimos)

Strong’sG96

failing to pass the test

stem adokim-8 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

debased1×disqualified1×fail the test1×failed1×failed the test1×rejected1×unfit1×worthless1×

What it means

ἀ-δόκιμος, -ον,

[in LXX: Pr 25:4, Is 1:22 (סִיג)*;]

1. of things (prop. of metals: LXX, Pr 25:4, Is 1:22), not standing the test, rejected: γῆ, He 6:8.

2. Of persons, rejected after testing, reprobate: Ro 1:28, I Co 9:27, II Co 13:5-7, II Ti 3:8, Tit 1:16 (Cremer, 212).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G96 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidad-ok'-ee-mos

unapproved, i.e. rejected; by implication, worthless (literally or morally)

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G1384;

King Jamescastaway, rejected, reprobate.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	adokimos1×ἀδόκιμος	adokimas1×ἀδόκιμος	adokimem	adokimois5×ἀδόκιμοι	adokimais	adokimeim
object accusative	adokimon1×ἀδόκιμον	adokiman		adokimoin	adokimain
direct address vocative	adokimor	adokimar		adokimoir	adokimair
of, belonging to genitive	adokimou	adokimau	adokimeu	adokimoiu	adokimaiu	adokimeiu
to, for dative	adokimo	adokima	adokime	adokimoi	adokimai	adokimei

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

adokimstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

adokim 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

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

adokimos“disqualified”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Corinthians 9:27“disqualified”alla hupōpiazamō mu tem sōmem kai doulagōgamō, mē pōs alloi kērussaratos autos adokimos ginemeia.No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

adokimon“debased”objectaccusative singular1×

Romans 1:28“debased”Kai kathōs ouk dokimazala ton theon echarō en epignōsia, paradōata autoin tos theos eis adokimon nouon, poiarō teim mē kathēkarōteim,Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

adokimas“worthless”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 6:8“worthless”ekferarōtas de akanthain kai triboloin adokimas kai katarau engus, hau tem telem eis kausian.But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

adokimois“unfit”subjectnominative plural5×

2 Corinthians 13:5“fail the test”Heautoin peirazavōr ei avō en ta pistia, heautoin dokimazavōr; ē ouk epignōskavō heautoin hoti Iēsus Christos en vi? ei mēti adokimois avō.Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you — unless you fail the test?

2 Corinthians 13:6“failed the test”elpizamō de hoti gnōskevi hoti nis ouk anō adokimois.And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.

2 Corinthians 13:7“failed”euchenō de pros ton theon mē poiara vin kakem mēdenem, ouk hina nis dokimois fainineia, alla hina vis tem kalem poiaveiō, nis de hōs adokimois aneiō.Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong — not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.

2 Timothy 3:8“rejected”hon tropon de Iannos kai Iambros anthistanala Mōuso, houtōs kai houtois anthistanelō ta alētheia, anthrōpois kataftheirirētois ton nouon, adokimois peri tan pistian.Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Titus 1:16“unfit”theon homologalō oidarē, tei de ergei arnelō, bdeluktois arōtois kai apeithois kai pros pantem ergem agathem adokimois.They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.