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1: ἀκατάστατος

(Strong's #182 — Adjective — akatastatos — ak-at-as'-tat-os )

"unsettled, unstable, disorderly" (a, negative, kathistemi, "to set in order"), is translated "unstable" in James 1:8; "restless" in James 3:8 , RV [in the latter, the AV "unruly" represents the word akataschetos, signifying "that cannot be restrained" (a, negative, katecho, "to hold down, restrain"). In the Sept., Job 31:11 .]. See UNRULY , UNSTABLE. In the Sept., Isaiah 54:11 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Restless'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/restless.html. 1940.
 
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