Strong G803ἀσφάλεια
security
- Transliteration
- asphaleia
- Pronunciation
- as-fal'-i-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G804; security (literally or figuratively): - certainty safety.
Detailed definition
ἀσφάλεια, -ας, ἡ
(ἀσφαλής), [in LXX for בָּטַח, etc.;]
1. firmness.
2. certainty: Luk.1:4.
3. security: Act.5:23, 1Th.5:3.
(In π. it is used as a law-term, proof, security; see MM, see word; M, Th., l.with)†
(AS)
(ἀσφαλής), [in LXX for בָּטַח, etc.;]
1. firmness.
2. certainty: Luk.1:4.
3. security: Act.5:23, 1Th.5:3.
(In π. it is used as a law-term, proof, security; see MM, see word; M, Th., l.with)†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G803 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- safety2
- certainty1
First verses
- Luke 1:4That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
- Acts 5:23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσφάλ-εια [φᾰ],
genitive ας, Ionic dialect ης, ἡ, (ἀσφᾰλής) security against stumbling or falling, ἀ. πρὸς τὸν πηλόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22)]; steadfastness, stability, ἀσφαλείᾳ.. ἀνόρθωσον πόλιν raise up the city so that it stand fast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 51; κατασκευάζειν τὴν [τῆς πολιτείας] ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1319b39.)]
2 assurance from danger, personal safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 495, etc.; τηρεῖν ἀ. ἐπιβουλῆς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.8)]; ἀ. τῆς ἐπαναφορᾶς precaution regarding it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.33, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68, 8.4)]; ἡ ἰδία ἀ., opposed to ὁ τῆς πόλεως κίνδυνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.7; δεηθεὶς τῆς ἀ. ἔτυχε)]safe-conduct, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.7)]; ἀ. διδόναι, παρέχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.2, “Cyr.” 4.5.28: frequently with Preps., ἀσφαλείης εἵνεκεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33; ἀσφαλείας οὕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 293; δι᾽ ἀσφαλείας τὰς πόλεις οἰκεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.17)]; τὸ σῶμ᾽ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ καθιστάναι, καθεστάναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.10)]; κατ᾽ ἀσφάλειαν in safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.128; μετ᾽ ἀσφαλείας [prev. author] 1.120, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 50b: _plural_, ἀσφάλειαι)]seasons of safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.21.)]
3 caution, σῴζονται ὑπ᾽ ἀσφαλείας[Refs 1st c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.10, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus (?)cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 46.11.27 and 14.4)]: in Lit. Crit., circumspection, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 287.)]
4 assurance, certainty, ἀ. πολλὴ μὴ ἂν ἐλθεῖν αὐτούς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11)]; ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν security for agriculture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.5.)]
5 ἀ. λόγου convincing nature, certainty of an argument, [NT ([prev. author] “Mem.” 4.6.15, cf. NT.Luke.1.4.)]
6 as law-term, security, bond, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.13.7)]; pledge, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1149.24 (1st c.BC))]: in plural, = Latin cautiones, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 72.6.)]
7 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for eight, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 56.)]
genitive ας, Ionic dialect ης, ἡ, (ἀσφᾰλής) security against stumbling or falling, ἀ. πρὸς τὸν πηλόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22)]; steadfastness, stability, ἀσφαλείᾳ.. ἀνόρθωσον πόλιν raise up the city so that it stand fast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 51; κατασκευάζειν τὴν [τῆς πολιτείας] ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1319b39.)]
2 assurance from danger, personal safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 495, etc.; τηρεῖν ἀ. ἐπιβουλῆς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.8)]; ἀ. τῆς ἐπαναφορᾶς precaution regarding it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.33, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.68, 8.4)]; ἡ ἰδία ἀ., opposed to ὁ τῆς πόλεως κίνδυνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.7; δεηθεὶς τῆς ἀ. ἔτυχε)]safe-conduct, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.7)]; ἀ. διδόναι, παρέχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.2, “Cyr.” 4.5.28: frequently with Preps., ἀσφαλείης εἵνεκεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33; ἀσφαλείας οὕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 293; δι᾽ ἀσφαλείας τὰς πόλεις οἰκεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.17)]; τὸ σῶμ᾽ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ καθιστάναι, καθεστάναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.10)]; κατ᾽ ἀσφάλειαν in safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.128; μετ᾽ ἀσφαλείας [prev. author] 1.120, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 50b: _plural_, ἀσφάλειαι)]seasons of safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.21.)]
3 caution, σῴζονται ὑπ᾽ ἀσφαλείας[Refs 1st c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.10, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus (?)cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 46.11.27 and 14.4)]: in Lit. Crit., circumspection, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 287.)]
4 assurance, certainty, ἀ. πολλὴ μὴ ἂν ἐλθεῖν αὐτούς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11)]; ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν security for agriculture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.4.5.)]
5 ἀ. λόγου convincing nature, certainty of an argument, [NT ([prev. author] “Mem.” 4.6.15, cf. NT.Luke.1.4.)]
6 as law-term, security, bond, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.13.7)]; pledge, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1149.24 (1st c.BC))]: in plural, = Latin cautiones, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 72.6.)]
7 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for eight, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 56.)]