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Uncertain, Uncertainly, Uncertainty

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ἄδηλος

(Strong's #82 — Adjective — adelos — ad'-ay-los )

denotes (a) "unseen;" with the article, translated "which appear not" (a, negative, delos, "evident"), Luke 11:44; (b) "uncertain, indistinct," 1 Corinthians 14:8 . In the Sept., Psalm 51:6 .

B — 1: ἀδήλως

(Strong's #84 — Adverb — adelos — ad-ay'-loce )

"uncertainly" (akin to A), occurs in 1 Corinthians 9:26 .

C — 1: ἀδηλότης

(Strong's #83 — Noun Feminine — adelotes — ad-ay-lot'-ace )

"uncertainty" (akin to A and B), occurs in 1 Timothy 6:17 , "(the) uncertainty (of riches)," RV (the AV translates it as an adjective, "uncertain"), i.e., riches the special character of which is their "uncertainty;" the Greek phrase is a rhetorical way of stressing the noun "riches;" when a genitive (here "of riches") precedes the governing noun (here "uncertainty") the genitive receives emphasis.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Uncertain, Uncertainly, Uncertainty'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​u/uncertain-uncertainly-uncertainty.html. 1940.
 
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