Quick Definition
ἀστατέω v. I am unsettled, have no fixed abode
Strong's Definition
to be non-stationary, i.e. (figuratively) homeless
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G2476 (ἵστημι);
KJV Usage: have no certain dwelling-place
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀ- + ἵστημι
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀστατέω, -ῶ; (ἄστατος unstable, strolling about; cf. ἀκατάστατος) ; to wander about, to rove without a settled abode, [A. V. to have no certain dwelling-place]: 1 Co. iv. 11. (Anthol. Pal. appendix 39, 4.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀστατέω astateō 1x
to be unsettled, to be a wanderer, be homeless, 1 Cor. 4:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† ἀστατέω, -ῶ
(< ἄστατος, unstable), [in Aq.: Is 58:7 (LXX, ἄστεγος)*;]
to be unsettled, be homeless, lead a vagabond life (Cremer, 738 MM, s.v.): I Co 4:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀστατέω. In Isai 58? Aquila substitutes ἀστατοῦντας for LXX aoréyous, while in Gen 415 Symmachus translates 13) U3 “a fugitive and a vagabond” by ἀνάστατος kal ἀκατάστατος. There would seem therefore to be a certain degree of ‘‘unsettlement’’ associated with the word; and accordingly Field (4Vv¢es, p. 170) proposes to render 1 Cor 4™ καὶ ἀστατοῦμεν by ‘‘and are vagabonds,”’ or ‘‘and leada vagabond life.’’ Grimm gives no profane warrant but a passage in the Anthology. We can add Vettius Valens, p- 116%; the entrance of Mercury into a certain horoscope will produce πρακτικοὶ... καὶ εὐεπίβολοι kal φρόνιμοι καὶ ἐπαφρόδιτοι, πολύκοιτοι δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ πολὺ ἀστατοῦντες περὶ τοὺς γάμους, ‘‘very inconstant.” He has the adj. p. 575 ἄστατος Kal ἐπίφοβος διάξει ‘he will live an unsettled life and liable to panic.” It occurs also in Epicurus 6510 τὴν δὲ τύχην ἄστατον ὁρᾶν (Linde Z/ic. p. 36, where literary parallels are given).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀστατέω (astateō) — be unsettled. ἀστᾰτέω, to be never at rest, πόλοιο φορὰν.. -έουσαν[Refs]; of the sea, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. to be unsettled, to be a wanderer, [NT]; to be inconstant, περὶ τοὺς γάμους[Refs 2nd c.AD+]