ἀμετακίνητος
ametakínētos · G277 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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firm, unshaken, steady
Pertaining to not being readily shaken in one’s opinions or beliefs
Examples1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be firm, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀσάλευτος asáleutos · G761 · immovable, not able to move, unchangeable
- ἀσάλευτος emphasizes not being shaken or moved (from σαλεύω, to shake), while ἀμετακίνητος emphasizes steadfastness/not being moved away from a position (from μετακινέω, to move away). Both convey stability and immovability but with slightly different nuances of the root concept.
- ἑδραῖος hedraîos · G1476 · firm, steadfast, unwavering
- ἑδραῖος emphasizes being seated, settled, or firmly established (from ἕδρα, seat), conveying stability through being firmly grounded. ἀμετακίνητος conveys immovability in the sense of not being moved away from a position. Both describe stability but ἑδραῖος focuses on being settled/grounded while ἀμετακίνητος focuses on resistance to displacement.
Contrasting words 1 word
- σαλεύω saleúō · G4531 · to shake, to stir up against, to start a riot
- σαλεύω means to shake or cause to move, the direct opposite of being immovable. While ἀμετακίνητος describes a state of stability and resistance to movement, σαλεύω describes the action of shaking or causing instability.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Firm, unshaken, steady31.81
- In 1 Corinthians 15:58, Paul urges believers to “be firm, immovable (ametakínētoi), always excelling in the work of the Lord,” describing a steadfastness that cannot be shaken.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (μετακινέω), not to be moved from its place, unmoved; metaphorically, firmly persistent…
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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