adjective
akatastatos
Greekἀκατάστατος (akatastatos)
Strong’sG182
unsettled, unstable
stem akatastat-2 times in the New Testament2 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀ-κατά-στατος, -ον
(< καθίστημι), [in LXX: Is 54:11 (סֹעֲרָה);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G182 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | akatastatos1×ἀκατάστατος | akatastatas | akatastatem1×ἀκατάστατον | akatastatois | akatastatais | akatastateim |
| object accusative | akatastaton | akatastatan | akatastatoin | akatastatain | ||
| direct address vocative | akatastator | akatastatar | akatastatoir | akatastatair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | akatastatou | akatastatau | akatastateu | akatastatoiu | akatastataiu | akatastateiu |
| to, for dative | akatastato | akatastata | akatastate | akatastatoi | akatastatai | akatastatei |
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
akatastat 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
akatastatos“unstable”subjectnominative singular1×
James 1:8“unstable”anēros dipsuchos, akatastatos en pantai tai hodai autou.He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
akatastatem“restless”subject or objectdirect singular1×
James 3:8“restless”tan de glōssan oudenos damazara dunetō anthrōpoiu; akatastatem kakem, mestas iou thanatēforou.but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.