Stead"fast (?), a. [Stead + fast, that is, fast in place.] [Written
also stedfast.] 1. Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm. "This
steadfast globe of earth." Spenser.
2. Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving;
steady. "Steadfast eye." Shak.
Abide steadfast unto him [thy neighbor] in the time of his trouble.
Ecclus. xxii. 23.
Whom resist steadfast in the faith.