διψυχία

διψυχία, ας, ἡ (s. prec. and foll. entries; neither LXX nor NT.—Hesych. διψυχία• ἀπορία) the state or condition of being uncertain about someth. indecision, doubt (in our lit. in sacred matters) Hv 3, 10, 9; m 9:7, 9ff; w. ἀπιστία 2 Cl 19:2; w. μαλακίαι Hv 3, 11, 2; w. ὀξυχολία m 10, 1, 1f; 10, 2, 4. αἴρειν τὴν δ. remove the doubt m 9:1; also αἴρειν τὰς δ. v 2, 2, 4; διὰ τὴν δ. m 10, 2, 2; ἀπὸ τῆς δ. because of doubt v 3, 7, 1. Called the daughter of the devil m 9:9.—ABaumeister, Die Ethik des Pastor Hermae, 1912, 107–10.—Sv.