What does ἀκατάστατος (akatástatos) mean in the Bible?
ἀκατάστατος (akatástatos): Unsettled or unstable, especially describing a person divided in purpose or a thing in constant agitation.
Greek · G182
ἀκατάστατος
Inconstant
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ἀκατάστατοςG182
Pronunciationakatástatos
What does ἀκατάστατος (akatástatos) mean in the Bible?
ἀκατάστατος (akatástatos): Unsettled or unstable, especially describing a person divided in purpose or a thing in constant agitation.
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How does the BSB render G182?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [It is] a restless (1), unstable (1).
Where does ἀκατάστατος (akatástatos) 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[It is] a restless1×James 3:8
unstable1×James 1:8
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Usage map
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First aligned rowJames 1:8
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
James2
Source forms
ἀκατάστατον1xakatastatonJames 3:8
ἀκατάστατος1xakatastatosJames 1:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xJames 1:8
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular1xJames 3:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Unsettled or unstable, especially describing a person divided in purpose or a thing in constant agitation.
Strong'sG182
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkJames 1:5–8Source Gloss
inconstant
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 1:8Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀκατάστατοςakatastatov
unsettled, unstable
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineJas 1:81×
Nominative · Singular · NeuterJas 3:81×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Additional Occurrences
unstable, restless
restless, unstable
New Testament Witnesses
restless, unstable
Word Origins
ἀκατάστατος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Connects uncontrolled speech to instability and moral disorder.James 1:5–8
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