δίψυχος
dípsychos · G1374 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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doubleminded, doubting, doubter
Pertaining to being uncertain about the truth of something
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀκατάστατος akatástatos · G182 · not controlled by, not subject to, uncontrolled
- James 1:8 describes the δίψυχος man as ἀκατάστατος in all his ways; the two terms are closely related but distinct, with ἀκατάστατος emphasizing the resulting instability while δίψυχος emphasizes the internal division causing it
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἁπλοῦς haploûs · G573 · to be healthy, to be sound, generous
- Direct lexical opposite: ἁπλοῦς denotes singleness or simplicity (literally 'single-fold') in contrast to the double-spiritedness of δίψυχος; the eye that is ἁπλοῦς in Matthew 6:22 represents undivided devotion, the precise opposite of double-mindedness
Semantic domains 1 entry
Word family 21 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon διψυχον (δίς and ψυχή), double-minded; a. wavering, uncertain, doubting: Jas 1:8 (οἱ…
a. wavering, uncertain, doubting: Jas 1:8 (οἱ δίψυχοι καί οἱ δισταζοντες περί τῆς τοῦ θοῦ δυνάμεως, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 11, 2 [ET]; ταλαίπωροι εἰσιν οἱ δίψυχοι, οἱ δισταζοντες τήν ψυχήν (others τῇ ψυχή), ibid. 23, 3 [ET]; μή γίνου δίψυχος ἐν προσευχή σου, εἰ ἔσται ἤ οὐ, Apostolic Constitutions 7, 11; μή γίνου δίψυχος ἐν προσευχή σου, μακάριος γάρ ὁ μή διστασας, Ignatius ad. Heron. 7; (cf. references in Muller's note on the Epistle of Barnabas, 19, 5 [ET])).
b. divided in interest namely, between God and the world: Jas 4:8. Not found in secular writings. (Philo, fragment 2:663).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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