Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. (n.) That which is uncertain; something unknown. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia UNCERTAIN; UNCERTAINTY un-sur'-tin,un-sur'-tin-ti: Adjective adelos, 2 Maccabees 7:34; 1 Corinthians 14:8; adverb adelos, 1 Corinthians 9:26; noun adelotes, 1 Timothy 6:17; adelos means "not clear," and so "uncertain." Also the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 9:14 for episphales, "unsteady," the Revised Version (British and American) "prone to fall."

Multi-Version Concordance Uncertainty (4 Occurrences) Acts 2:14 Peter however, together with the Eleven, stood up and addressed them in a loud voice. "Men of Judaea, and all you inhabitants of Jerusalem," he said, "be in no uncertainty about this matter but pay attention to what I say. (WEY) 1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have been lost. (WEY) 1 Timothy 6:17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; (WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS) James 3:17 and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: -- (See RSV)