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Koine Greek wordlink #148541

SR GNT Yac 3:8 ἀκατάστατον (akatastaton) ‘to tame is able of the people an unstable evil full of poison’ Strongs=1820 Lemma=akatastatos
Word role=adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ἀκατάστατον (A-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀκατάστατον’ (A-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘an unstable’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘akatastatos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘an unstable’, ‘disturbance’.

Greek words (2) other than ἀκατάστατον (A-NNS) with a gloss related to ‘unstable’

2PET 2:14 ἀστηρίκτους (astaʸriktous) A-AFP Lemma=astēriktos ‘from sin enticing souls unstable a heart having_been trained in greediness’ SR GNT 2Pet 2:14 word 12

2PET 3:16 ἀστήρικτοι (astaʸriktoi) S-NMP Lemma=astēriktos ‘the ignorant and unstable are twisting as also’ SR GNT 2Pet 3:16 word 24

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AFP=accusative,feminine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NNS=nominative,neuter,singular