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Untoward <ref name="term_9261" /> | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54617" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' un ''''' - ''''' tō´ẽrd ''''' , ''''' un ''''' - ''''' tôrd ''''' ´ ( σκολιός , <i> ''''' skoliós ''''' </i> ): Appears only in Acts 2:40 , the King James Version "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." It means "perverse," "willful," "crooked," and is so translated in Revised Version: "this crooked generation" ( <i> '''''apó''''' </i> <i> '''''tḗs''''' </i> <i> '''''geneás''''' </i> <i> '''''tḗs''''' </i> <i> '''''skoliás''''' </i> <i> '''''taútēs''''' </i> ). the King James Version headings to Isa 28 and Hosea 6:1-11 have "untowardness." This now obsolete term probably derived its orgin from the idea of the heart that was not inclined toward the divine will and teaching. Hence, "not-toward," or "untoward." </p> | <p> <strong> [[Untoward]] </strong> . ‘Untoward’ is ‘not toward,’ <em> i.e. </em> not well disposed. It occurs in Acts 2:40 ‘this untoward generation.’ Cf. ‘untoward to all good … forward to evil’ <em> [[Judgement]] of the Synode at [[Dort]] </em> , p. 32. The subst. ‘untowardness’ occurs in the heading of Isaiah 28:1-29 , Hosea 6:1-11 . The word is still occasionally used, but in the more modern sense of ‘unfortunate’ as ‘an untoward accident.’ </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_190801" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) Awkward; ungraceful. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' prep.) Toward. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Froward; perverse. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63934" /> == | |||
<p> UNTO'WARD, a. </p> 1. [[Froward]] perverse refractory not easily guided or taught. Acts 2 . 2. Awkward ungraceful as untoward words. 3. Inconvenient troublesome unmanageable as an untoward vow. | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9261" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' un ''''' - ''''' tō´ẽrd ''''' , ''''' un ''''' - ''''' tôrd ''''' ´ ( σκολιός , <i> ''''' skoliós ''''' </i> ): Appears only in Acts 2:40 , the King James Version "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." It means "perverse," "willful," "crooked," and is so translated in Revised Version: "this crooked generation" ( <i> ''''' apó ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tḗs ''''' </i> <i> ''''' geneás ''''' </i> <i> ''''' tḗs ''''' </i> <i> ''''' skoliás ''''' </i> <i> ''''' taútēs ''''' </i> ). the King James Version headings to Isa 28 and Hosea 6:1-11 have "untowardness." This now obsolete term probably derived its orgin from the idea of the heart that was not inclined toward the divine will and teaching. Hence, "not-toward," or "untoward." </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_54617"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/untoward Untoward from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_190801"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/untoward Untoward from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63934"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/untoward Untoward from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_9261"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/untoward Untoward from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_9261"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/untoward Untoward from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 08:27, 15 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Untoward . ‘Untoward’ is ‘not toward,’ i.e. not well disposed. It occurs in Acts 2:40 ‘this untoward generation.’ Cf. ‘untoward to all good … forward to evil’ Judgement of the Synode at Dort , p. 32. The subst. ‘untowardness’ occurs in the heading of Isaiah 28:1-29 , Hosea 6:1-11 . The word is still occasionally used, but in the more modern sense of ‘unfortunate’ as ‘an untoward accident.’
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( a.) Awkward; ungraceful.
(2): ( prep.) Toward.
(3): ( a.) Froward; perverse.
(4): ( a.) Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
King James Dictionary [3]
UNTO'WARD, a.
1. Froward perverse refractory not easily guided or taught. Acts 2 . 2. Awkward ungraceful as untoward words. 3. Inconvenient troublesome unmanageable as an untoward vow.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
un - tō´ẽrd , un - tôrd ´ ( σκολιός , skoliós ): Appears only in Acts 2:40 , the King James Version "Save yourselves from this untoward generation." It means "perverse," "willful," "crooked," and is so translated in Revised Version: "this crooked generation" ( apó tḗs geneás tḗs skoliás taútēs ). the King James Version headings to Isa 28 and Hosea 6:1-11 have "untowardness." This now obsolete term probably derived its orgin from the idea of the heart that was not inclined toward the divine will and teaching. Hence, "not-toward," or "untoward."
