Category: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.

castaway Cast"a*way, a.

Defn: Of no value; rejected; useless.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Castaway - Gr. adokimos, (1 Corinthians 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., "rejected"); elsewhere rendered "reprobate" (2 Timothy 3:8, etc.); "rejected" (Hebrews 6:8, etc.).