adjective

astēriktos

Greekἀστήρικτος (astēriktos)

Strong’sG793

unsteady, unstable

stem astērikt-2 times in the New Testament2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unstable2×

What it means

*† ἀ-στήρικτος, -ον

(< στηρίζω),

unstable, unsettled: II Pe 2:14 3:16.†

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

Strong’s G793 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidas-tay'-rik-tos

unfixed, i.e. (figuratively) vacillating

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

King Jamesunstable.

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	astēriktos	astēriktas	astēriktem	astēriktois1×ἀστήρικτοι	astēriktais	astērikteim
object accusative	astērikton	astēriktan		astēriktoin	astēriktain1×ἀστηρίκτους
direct address vocative	astēriktor	astēriktar		astēriktoir	astēriktair
of, belonging to genitive	astēriktou	astēriktau	astērikteu	astēriktoiu	astēriktaiu	astērikteiu
to, for dative	astērikto	astērikta	astērikte	astēriktoi	astēriktai	astēriktei

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

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

astērikt 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

astēriktois“unstable”subjectnominative plural1×

2 Peter 3:16“unstable”hōs kai en pantai tai epistolai lalarōtos en autai peri houteiu, en hai atō dusnoēteim tineim, heim tois amathois kai astēriktois streblalō hōs kai tain loipain grafain pros tan idian autoiu apōleian.He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

astēriktain“unstable”objectaccusative plural1×

2 Peter 2:14“unstable”ofthalmoin echarōtois mestoin moichaliau kai akatapaustoin hamartau, deleazarōtois psuchain astēriktain, kardian gumnazirētan pleonexiau echarōtois, katarau tekneim,Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.