Definition

unapproved, i.e. rejected; by implication, worthless (literally or morally)

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G1384 (δόκιμος);

Word family

• Α A
• δόκιμος dókimos

How the KJV renders it

• castaway
• rejected
• reprobate

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.