G1374

δίψυχος

dipsuchosG:A

double-minded

δίψυχος, -ον (δίς, ψυχή), of two minds, wavering: Jas.1:8 4:8 (Cremer, 588; DB, iv, 528).† (AS)

The KJV translates G1374 in the following manner:

minded (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

δίψυχος — dípsychos

δίψυχος, διψυχον (δίς and ψυχή), double-minded;

a. wavering, uncertain, doubting: Jas 1:8 (οἱ δίψυχοι καί οἱ δισταζοντες περί τῆς τοῦ θοῦ δυνάμεως, Clement of Rome, 1Co 11:1-34; 1Co 2:1-16 [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).

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