Uncertain
Bible Usage:
- uncertain used twice.
- uncertainly used once.
- First Reference: 1 Corinthians 14:8
- Last Reference: 1 Timothy 6:17
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
UNCER'TAIN, adjective
1. Not certain; doubtful; not certainly known. it is uncertain who will be the next president.
2. Doubtful; not having certain knowledge.
man without the protection of a superior Being - is uncertain of every thing that he hopes for.
3. Not sure in the consequence.
Or whistling slings dismiss'd the uncertain stone.
4. Not sure; not exact.
Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim.
5. Unsettled; irregular.
UNCER'TAINLY, adverb
1. Not surely; not certainly.
2. Not confidently.
- Standards that cannot be known at all, or but imperfectly and uncertainly
UNCER'TAINTY, noun
1. doubtfulness; dubiousness. The truth is not ascertained; the latest accounts have not removed the uncertainty
2. Want of certainty; want of precision; as the uncertainty of the signification of words.
3. Contingency.
Steadfastly grasping the greatest and most slippery uncertainties.
4. Something unknown.
Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a certainty for an uncertainty