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Koine Greek wordlink #116761

SR GNT 1 Cor 9:27 ἀδόκιμος (adokimos) ‘to others having proclaimed myself unqualified I may become’ Strongs=960 Lemma=adokimos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=59 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἀδόκιμος (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀδόκιμος’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘unqualified’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘adokimos’ have 3 different glosses: ‘an unqualified’, ‘unqualified’, ‘unqualified is’.

Greek words (7) other than ἀδόκιμος (S-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘unqualified’

ROM 1:28 ἀδόκιμον (adokimon) A-AMS ‘them god to an unqualified mind to_be doing the things’ SR GNT Rom 1:28 word 15

OET-LV: 28 And as not they _approved the god to _be _having in knowledge, gave _over them the god to an_unqualified mind, to _be _doing the things not befitting, (ROM_1:28)

OET-RV: 28 They didn’t want to know about God and so he reluctantly let their depraved minds be filled with unhelpful thoughts (ROM 1:28)

2 COR 13:5 ἀδόκιμοι (adokimoi) S-NMP ‘you_all if surely_not unqualified you_all are’ SR GNT 2 Cor 13:5 word 23

OET-LV: 5 Yourselves be _testing whether you _all _are in the faith, yourselves be _approving. Or not you _all _are _recognizing yourselves, that chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) in you _all, if surely _not unqualified you _all _are? (CO2_13:5)

OET-RV: 5 Test yourselves to check if you’re living in the faith—you yourselves can decide that. Or can’t you all recognise whether or not Messiah Yeshua is living in you? Surely you’re not that unqualified? (CO2 13:5)

2 COR 13:6 ἀδόκιμοι (adokimoi) S-NMP ‘we not are unqualified’ SR GNT 2 Cor 13:6 word 9

OET-LV: 6 But I _am _hoping that you _all _will _be _knowing that we not are unqualified. (CO2_13:6)

OET-RV: 6 But I’m hoping that you all will know that we’re not unqualified. (CO2 13:6)

2 COR 13:7 ἀδόκιμοι (adokimoi) S-NMP ‘we and as unqualified may_be’ SR GNT 2 Cor 13:7 word 28

OET-LV: 7 And we _are _hoping to the god not to _do to _you _all evil nothing, not in _order _that we approved may _be _seen, but in _order _that you _all the good may _be _doing, and we as unqualified may _be. (CO2_13:7)

OET-RV: 7 And we’re asking God that you won’t do evil—not so that we’ll be seen to be approved, but so that you all will be doing good, even if we may seem unqualified, (CO2 13:7)

2 TIM 3:8 ἀδόκιμοι (adokimoi) S-NMP ‘having_been depraved the mind unqualified concerning the faith’ SR GNT 2 Tim 3:8 word 20

OET-LV: 8 And by _that manner Yannaʸs and Yambraʸs resisted against _Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh), thus also these are _resisting against _the truth, people having_ the mind _˓been˒_depraved, unqualified concerning the faith. (TI2_3:8)

OET-RV: 8 This is just like how Jannes and Jambres opposed Mosheh, and similarly these people, having depraved minds and who are unqualified concerning the faith, oppose the truth. (TI2 3:8)

TIT 1:16 ἀδόκιμοι (adokimoi) S-NMP ‘any work good unqualified’ SR GNT Tit 1:16 word 17

OET-LV: 16 They _are _confessing to _have _known god, but by _their works they _are _disowning him, being detestable and unpersuadable, and unqualified for any good work. (TIT_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 they say that they know God, but their actions show that they don’t, and so they’re detestable. They can no longer accept teaching so they’re unsuitable for any good work. (TIT 1:16)

HEB 6:8 ἀδόκιμος (adokimos) S-NFS ‘thorns and thistles unqualified is and a curse near’ SR GNT Heb 6:8 word 6

OET-LV: 8 but bringing _out thorns and thistles, unqualified is and a_curse near, of _which the end is to burning. (HEB_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 but if it’s producing thorns and thistles, then it’s useless and a liability and will end up being burnt off. (HEB 6:8)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular