adjective
adokimos
Strong’sG96
failing to pass the test
stem adokim-8 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀ-δόκιμος, -ον,
[in LXX: Pr 25:4, Is 1:22 (סִיג)*;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
not legal tender, not current, of coin, Refs 5th c.BC+; not approved, of horses, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 unsatisfactory, unconvincing, of a statement, Refs 3rd c.BC+
3 disreputable, λακίσματ᾽ ἀδόκιμ᾽ ὀλβίοις ἔχεινNT+5th c.BC+. adverb -μωςRefs 2nd c.AD+
4 of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+; discredited, reprobate, NT+5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| 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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
adokimos“disqualified”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Corinthians 9:27… doulagōgamō, mē pōs allosoi kērussarantos autos adokimos genemeia.… others, I myself will not be disqualified.
adokimon“debased”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 1:28“debased”… epignōsia, paradōata autoin tos theos eis adokimon nouon, poiarō teim mē kathēkarōnteim,… God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be …
adokimas“worthless”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 6:8ekferarōntas de akanthain kai triboloin adokimas kai katarau engus, hau tem telem …… that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In …
adokimois“unfit”subjectnominative plural5×
2 Corinthians 13:5… Iēsus Christos en vi? ei mēti adokimois avō.… Christ is in you — unless you fail the test?
2 Corinthians 13:6… hoti gnōskevi hoti nis ouk anō adokimois.… will realize that we have not failed the test.
2 Corinthians 13:7… tem kalem poiaveiō, nis de hōs adokimois aneiō.… even if we appear to have failed.
2 Timothy 3:8“rejected”… ta alētheia, anthrōpois kataftherorēntois ton nouon, adokimois peri tan pistian.… also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
Titus 1:16… apeithois kai pros pantem ergem agathem adokimois.… Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.