Uncertain, Uncertainly, Uncertainty - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Uncertain, Uncertainly, Uncertainty
[ A-1,Adjective,G82, adelos ]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., Psalms 51:6.
[ B-1,Adverb,G84, adelos ]
"uncertainly" (akin to A), occurs in 1 Corinthians 9:26.
[ C-1,Noun,G83, adelotes ]
"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.