International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Castaway

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Castaway


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kast´a-wā (ἀδόκιμος, adókimos, from dokimázō, “I test,” “I approve after testing,” hence, approved after being tested): This word is rendered “castaway” only in the King James Version: “I myself should be a castaway” (“rejected” the Revised Version (British and American), the American Standard Revised Version, ). But the same word occurs a number of times usually translated “reprobate” (; -7; ; ); “rejected” ().