Uncertainly Uncertain Uncertainty

Uncertainly Uncertain Uncertainty

'''A — 1: ἄδηλος (Strong'S #82 — Adjective — adelos — ad'-ay-los )

denotes (a) "unseen;" with the article, translated "which appear not" (a, negative, delos, "evident"),  Luke 11:44; (b) "uncertain, indistinct,"  1 Corinthians 14:8 . In the Sept.,  Psalm 51:6 .

'''B — 1: ἀδήλως (Strong'S #84 — Adverb — adelos — ad-ay'-loce )

"uncertainly" (akin to A), occurs in  1 Corinthians 9:26 .

'''C — 1: ἀδηλότης (Strong'S #83 — Noun Feminine — adelotes — ad-ay-lot'-ace )

"uncertainty" (akin to A and B), occurs in  1 Timothy 6:17 , "(the) uncertainty (of riches)," Rv (the Av translates it as an adjective, "uncertain"), i.e., riches the special character of which is their "uncertainty;" the Greek phrase is a rhetorical way of stressing the noun "riches;" when a genitive (here "of riches") precedes the governing noun (here "uncertainty") the genitive receives emphasis.