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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CASTAWAY, n. That which is thrown away. A person abandoned by God, as unworthy of his favor; a reprobate. 1 Cor
9:27.
CASTAWAY, a. Rejected; useless; of no value.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
2: a shipwrecked person [syn: castaway, shipwreck survivor]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1542 1. thrown away ; rejected 2. a. cast adrift or ashore as a survivor of a shipwreck b. thrown out or left without friends or resources • castaway noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. a shipwrecked person. --adj. 1 shipwrecked. 2 cast aside; rejected.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Castaway Cast"a*way, a. Of no value; rejected; useless.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(castaways) A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk. N-COUNT

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kast'-a-wa (adokimos, from dokimazo, "I test," "I approve after testing," hence, approved after being tested): This word is rendered "castaway" only in the King James Version: "I myself should be a castaway" ("rejected" the Revised Version (British and American), the American Standard Revised Version, 1Co 9:27). But the same word occurs a number of times usually translated "reprobate" (Ro 1:28; 2Co 13:5-7; 2Ti 3:8; Tit 1:16); "rejected" (Hebrews 6:8).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Outcast, reprobate, vagabond, abandoned wretch, moral shipwreck, moral wreck, lost soul. II. a. Rejected, discarded, abandoned, cast-off.

Moby Thesaurus

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