English Dictionary: castaway | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for castaway | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Castaway \Cast"a*way\, n. 1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. 2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. --1 Cor. ix. 27. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Castaway \Cast"a*way\, a. Of no value; rejected; useless. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Castaway Gr. adokimos, (1 Cor. 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., "rejected"); elsewhere rendered "reprobate" (2 Tim. 3:8, etc.); "rejected" (Heb. 6:8, etc.). |