KJV dictionary & concordance
Not steady; inconstant; irresolute; wavering.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 49:4
Complete exact-word concordance
unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excell, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bed: then defiledst thou it. He went vp to my couche.
1611 marginal noteHebr. doe not thou excell.
1611 marginal noteOr, my cowche is gone.
1611 marginal noteChap. 35.22. 1.Chro. 5.1.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
A double minded man is vnstable in all his wayes.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Hauing eyes ful of adulterie and that cannot cease from sinne, beguiling vnstable soules: an heart they haue exercised with couetous practises: cursed children:
1611 marginal noteGr. an adulteresse.
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
As also in all his Epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to be vnderstood, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable wrest, as they doe also the other Scriptures, vnto their owne destruction.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Not steady; inconstant; irresolute; wavering.
