What does δίψυχος (dípsychos) mean in the Bible?
δίψυχος (dípsychos): Spiritual instability from divided loyalty between God and worldly desires; commitment hesitation.
Greek · G1374
δίψυχος
Double-minded
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δίψυχος G1374
Pronunciation dípsychos
What does δίψυχος (dípsychos) mean in the Bible?
δίψυχος (dípsychos): Spiritual instability from divided loyalty between God and worldly desires; commitment hesitation.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1374?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [He is] a double-minded (1), [you] double-minded (1).
Where does δίψυχος (dípsychos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 1:8. Its strongest book concentrations include James (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [He is] a double-minded 1× James 1:8
[you] double-minded 1× James 4:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row James 1:8
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
James 2
Source forms
δίψυχοι 1x dipsychoi James 4:8
δίψυχος 1x dipsychos James 1:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x James 1:8
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural 1x James 4:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spiritual instability from divided loyalty between God and worldly desires; commitment hesitation.
Strong's G1374
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 1:5–8 Source Gloss
double-minded
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 1:8 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
δίψυχος diyucov
double-minded, wavering
Read verse James 4:8 Adjective Plural Masculine
δίψυχοι. diyucoi
double-minded, wavering
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Jas 1:8 1×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Jas 4:8 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
double-minded, two-souled
double-minded
Additional Occurrences
double-minded, two-souled
Word Origins
δίψυχος is built from these roots:
δίς G1364
Why This Word Matters
Highlights divided loyalty that produces comprehensive spiritual instability. James 1:5–8
Describes divided loyalty requiring purification. James 4:7–10
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain