Strong G804ἀσφαλής
secure
- Transliteration
- asphalēs
- Pronunciation
- as-fal-ace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G1 (as a negative particle) and σφάλλω sphallō (to fail); secure (literally or figuratively): - certain (-ty) safe sure.
Detailed definition
ἀσφαλής, -ές
(ἀ- neg., σφάλλω, to trip up), [in LXX for אָשַׁר pu., etc.;]
certain, secure, safe: Act.21:34 22:30 25:26, Php.3:1, Heb.6:19 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
(ἀ- neg., σφάλλω, to trip up), [in LXX for אָשַׁר pu., etc.;]
certain, secure, safe: Act.21:34 22:30 25:26, Php.3:1, Heb.6:19 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G804 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- certainty2
- certain1
- safe1
- sure1
First verses
- Acts 21:34And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
- Acts 22:30On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
- Acts 25:26Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
- Philippians 3:1Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
- Hebrews 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσφαλ-ής, ές,
(σφάλλομαι, σφαλῆναι) not liable to fall, immovable, steadfast, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only once as)]adjective (compare infr. III), θεῶν ἕδος ἀ. αἰεί[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.42, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 128, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.3, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.34, etc.; ἀσφαλῆ θεῶν νόμιμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 454)]; unshaken, of purpose, ἀ. ὁ νοῦς[Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 351.)]
2 of friends and the like, unfailing, trusty, οὐ γὰρ οἱ.. εὐρύνωτοι φῶτες ἀσφαλέστατοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 1251; ἀ. στρατηλάτης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 599, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69: with)]infinitive, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς the hasty in counsel are not safe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 617, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 231a; σῴζειν τὰ κοινὰ πράγματ᾽ ἀσφαλέσταται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1062)]; of things, sure, certain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.108,etc.)]
3 assured from danger, safe, ἀ. αἰών[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.86; ἀσφαλεῖ σὺν ἐξόδῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1288; ἀ. ὄρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 12.1; ὁδός -εστέρα [prev. author] “HG” 5.4.51)]; ἐν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ in safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 8.39, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 892e; ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ τοῦ μὴ παθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.31; τοῦ λαλεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 25)]; ἐν -εστέρῳ, -εστάτῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.21, “An.” 1.8.22; ἐν ἀ. βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 785; μένειν ἐν τῷ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.8)]; ἐξ ἀσφαλοῦς from a place of safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 4.16; τοῦ ἀσφαλέος εἵνεκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109)]; τὸ ἀ., ={ἀσφάλεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.55, etc.)]; μετὰ τοῦ αὑτῆς ἀ. with no risk to herself, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.8.7)]; ἀσφαλές [ἐστι], with infinitive, it is safe to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 891, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1489: _absolutely_, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀσφαλές 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 61d, etc.; φεύγειν αὐτοῖς ἀσφαλέστερόν ἐστιν ἢ ἡμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19.)]
4 ἀ. ῥήτωρ a convincing speaker, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 4.6.15.)]
5 in Lit. Crit., sound, not risky, of language or rhythm, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 19, 41.)]adverb -ῶς, ἐρεῖ[Refs ([prev. work] 78.)]
II substantive ἀσφαλές, τό, ={ἀσφάλεια}[Refs 4th c.AD+ (6, “BGU” 984.14 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
III Epic dialect adverb ἀσφαλέως, ἔχειν, μένειν, to be, remain firm, steady, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.325, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.235: _neuter_ ἀσφαλές)] as adverb, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” (see. below); δρακεῖσ᾽ ἀσφαλές 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.20; ἀ. ἀγορεύει)]without faltering, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.171, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 86; ἔμπεδον ἀσφαλέως 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.141, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.86; ἔμπεδον ἀσφαλὲς αἰεί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.683.)]adverb ἀσφαλῶς (-έως) is used in all senses of the adjective, -έως βεβηκὼς ποσσί[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 58.4)]; in safety, with certainty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 613; ἀ. βουλεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.34; ἀ. ἔχει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86)]: with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.6; ἀ. προσθεῖναι)]as a precaution, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum libros commentaria - pars” 14.10)]: comparative -έστερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.161, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 85d;)] but -εστέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.15, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.71)]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467e.)]
(σφάλλομαι, σφαλῆναι) not liable to fall, immovable, steadfast, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only once as)]adjective (compare infr. III), θεῶν ἕδος ἀ. αἰεί[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.42, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 128, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.3, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.34, etc.; ἀσφαλῆ θεῶν νόμιμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 454)]; unshaken, of purpose, ἀ. ὁ νοῦς[Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 351.)]
2 of friends and the like, unfailing, trusty, οὐ γὰρ οἱ.. εὐρύνωτοι φῶτες ἀσφαλέστατοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 1251; ἀ. στρατηλάτης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 599, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69: with)]infinitive, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς the hasty in counsel are not safe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 617, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 231a; σῴζειν τὰ κοινὰ πράγματ᾽ ἀσφαλέσταται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1062)]; of things, sure, certain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.108,etc.)]
3 assured from danger, safe, ἀ. αἰών[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.86; ἀσφαλεῖ σὺν ἐξόδῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1288; ἀ. ὄρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 12.1; ὁδός -εστέρα [prev. author] “HG” 5.4.51)]; ἐν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ in safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 8.39, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 892e; ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ τοῦ μὴ παθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.31; τοῦ λαλεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 25)]; ἐν -εστέρῳ, -εστάτῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.21, “An.” 1.8.22; ἐν ἀ. βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 785; μένειν ἐν τῷ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.8)]; ἐξ ἀσφαλοῦς from a place of safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 4.16; τοῦ ἀσφαλέος εἵνεκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109)]; τὸ ἀ., ={ἀσφάλεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.55, etc.)]; μετὰ τοῦ αὑτῆς ἀ. with no risk to herself, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.8.7)]; ἀσφαλές [ἐστι], with infinitive, it is safe to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 891, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1489: _absolutely_, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀσφαλές 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 61d, etc.; φεύγειν αὐτοῖς ἀσφαλέστερόν ἐστιν ἢ ἡμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19.)]
4 ἀ. ῥήτωρ a convincing speaker, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 4.6.15.)]
5 in Lit. Crit., sound, not risky, of language or rhythm, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 19, 41.)]adverb -ῶς, ἐρεῖ[Refs ([prev. work] 78.)]
II substantive ἀσφαλές, τό, ={ἀσφάλεια}[Refs 4th c.AD+ (6, “BGU” 984.14 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
III Epic dialect adverb ἀσφαλέως, ἔχειν, μένειν, to be, remain firm, steady, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.325, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.235: _neuter_ ἀσφαλές)] as adverb, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” (see. below); δρακεῖσ᾽ ἀσφαλές 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.20; ἀ. ἀγορεύει)]without faltering, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.171, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 86; ἔμπεδον ἀσφαλέως 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.141, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.86; ἔμπεδον ἀσφαλὲς αἰεί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.683.)]adverb ἀσφαλῶς (-έως) is used in all senses of the adjective, -έως βεβηκὼς ποσσί[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 58.4)]; in safety, with certainty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 613; ἀ. βουλεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.34; ἀ. ἔχει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86)]: with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 27.6; ἀ. προσθεῖναι)]as a precaution, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum libros commentaria - pars” 14.10)]: comparative -έστερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.161, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 85d;)] but -εστέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.15, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.71)]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467e.)]