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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The quality or state of being uncertain.

2. (n.) That which is uncertain; something unknown.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

UNCERTAIN; UNCERTAINTY

un-sur'-tin,un-sur'-tin-ti: Adjective adelos, 2 Maccabees 7:34; 1 Corinthians 14:8; adverb adelos, 1 Corinthians 9:26; noun adelotes, 1 Timothy 6:17; adelos means "not clear," and so "uncertain." Also the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 9:14 for episphales, "unsteady," the Revised Version (British and American) "prone to fall."

Greek

83. adelotes -- uncertainty
... uncertainty. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: adelotes Phonetic Spelling:
(ad-ay-lot'-ace) Short Definition: uncertainty Definition: the quality ...
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302. an -- usually untranslatable, but generally denoting ...
... 301, 302. an. 303 . usually untranslatable, but generally denoting
supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty. Part of Speech ...
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87. adiakritos -- indistinguishable, without uncertainty
... indistinguishable, without uncertainty. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration:
adiakritos Phonetic Spelling: (ad-ee-ak'-ree-tos) Short Definition ...
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1437. ean -- if
... an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection
with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty -- before, but ...
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3752. hotan -- whenever
... From hote and an; whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also
causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as -- as long (soon) as, that, + till ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Matthew 24:44
Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes.
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Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.
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Romans 10:9
That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
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Library

Uncertainty of Life.
... I. SEASONS NEW-YEAR'S HYMNS. Hymn 3 Uncertainty of life. John Newton 7,7,7,7.
Uncertainty of life. See! another year is gone! Quickly have the seasons past! ...
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The Final Conflict and Heaven the Uncertainty of Life.
... The Final Conflict and Heaven The Uncertainty of Life. I. The Uncertainty of Life.
8,8,8,8,8,8. Ich weiss es wird mein Ende kommen. [386]Salomo Franck.1711. ...
/.../the final conflict and heaven 2.htm

How Different the Uncertainty of the New Academy is from the ...
... Book XIX. Chapter 18."How Different the Uncertainty of the New Academy
is from the Certainty of the Christian Faith. As regards ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 18 how different the uncertainty.htm

Uncertainty of the Scriptures.
... Homily III. Chapter IX."Uncertainty of the Scriptures. "Worthy, therefore,
of rejection is every one who is willing so much as ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter ix uncertainty of the scriptures.htm

Philosophers had not Succeeded in Discovering God the Uncertainty ...
... Book II. Chapter II."Philosophers Had Not Succeeded in Discovering God
The Uncertainty and Confusion of Their Speculations. But ...
/.../tertullian/ad nationes/chapter ii philosophers had not succeeded.htm

Visits of Angels.
... forgotten. UNCERTAINTY. ... Him. A BITTER CUP. Uncertainty is a fearful test, when
it comes to the soul of a man of great and energetic purpose. ...
/.../rees/the heart-cry of jesus/chapter xi visits of angels.htm

Marcion's Gnostic Pretensions Vain, for the True God is Neither ...
... Furthermore, uncertain gods are not well known, because no certainty about them
exists; and because of this uncertainty they are therefore unknown. ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter ix marcions gnostic pretensions vain.htm

Watching for the King
... In its moral and spiritual effect on us, the uncertainty of the time of our going
to Christ is nearly identical with the uncertainty of the time of His coming ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/watching for the king.htm

Extracts No. vi.
... For evidences and circumstances calculated to raise doubts in the mind; and shewing
the possibility of uncertainty, are all the arguments which I have expected ...
/.../ballou/a series of letters in defence of divine revelation/extracts no vi.htm

How to Discern Our Title to the Saints' Rest.
... yet live as uncertain what shall be their doom as if they had never heard of any
such state; yea, and live as quietly and merrily in this uncertainty as if all ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter viii how to discern.htm

Thesaurus

Uncertainty (4 Occurrences)
... unknown. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. UNCERTAIN; UNCERTAINTY. un ... fall.".
Multi-Version Concordance Uncertainty (4 Occurrences). Acts ...
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Doubt (49 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting
anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the ...
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Uncertain (13 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible. 5. (v.) To make uncertain.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. UNCERTAIN; UNCERTAINTY. ...
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Parable (52 Occurrences)
... certain pericopes. A characteristic example of this uncertainty is the
story of Dives and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. The problem ...
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Semites
... The greatest uncertainty is in the identification of Arpachshad, the most prolific
ancestor of the Semites, especially of those of Biblical and more recent ...
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Semitic
... The greatest uncertainty is in the identification of Arpachshad, the most prolific
ancestor of the Semites, especially of those of Biblical and more recent ...
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Precious (128 Occurrences)
... the Bible translates "carbuncle." According to the Septuagint, anthrax was also
a stone of the breastplate, 1st stone, 2nd row, but there is uncertainty as to ...
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Stones (244 Occurrences)
... the Bible translates "carbuncle." According to the Septuagint, anthrax was also
a stone of the breastplate, 1st stone, 2nd row, but there is uncertainty as to ...
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Amos (12 Occurrences)
... (1) Knowledge of God. First of all, he has no doubt or uncertainty as to the
character of the God in whose name he is called to speak. ...
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Bible Concordance

Uncertainty (4 Occurrences)

Acts 2:14 Peter however, together with the Eleven, stood up and addressed them in a loud voice. "Men of Judaea, and all you inhabitants of Jerusalem," he said, "be in no uncertainty about this matter but pay attention to what I say.
(WEY)

1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have been lost.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS)

James 3:17 and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Uncertainty

Related Terms

Doubt (49 Occurrences)

Uncertain (13 Occurrences)

Parable (52 Occurrences)

Semites

Semitic

Precious (128 Occurrences)

Stones (244 Occurrences)

Amos (12 Occurrences)

Zoology