Untoward
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."
