Strong G805ἀσφαλίζω
to secure
- Transliteration
- asphalizō
- Pronunciation
- as-fal-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G804; to render secure: - make fast (sure).
Detailed definition
ἀσφαλίζω
(ἀσφαλής), [in LXX: Neh.3:15 (חָזַק hi.), Isa.41:10 (תָּמַךְ), Wis.4:17 10:12 13:15 *;]
to make firm, secure: mid., Mat.27:65-66, Act.16:24; pass., Mat.27:64 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
(ἀσφαλής), [in LXX: Neh.3:15 (חָזַק hi.), Isa.41:10 (תָּמַךְ), Wis.4:17 10:12 13:15 *;]
to make firm, secure: mid., Mat.27:65-66, Act.16:24; pass., Mat.27:64 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G805 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- make4
- sure2
- fast1
- that1
First verses
- Matthew 27:64Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
- Matthew 27:65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
- Matthew 27:66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
- Acts 16:24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσφᾰλίζω
[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.30.3)]:—mostly in middle, future -ιοῦμαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.21.4,)] but -ίσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “AJ” 13.5.11, and so 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.24)]: perfect ἠσφάλισμαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.43.6:)]pluperfect ἠσφάλιστο[Refs ([prev. work] 7.12)]: aorist ἠσφαλισάμην[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.22.11; ἠσφαλίσθην 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Vita” 62)]: some of these tenses are used in passive sense (see. below):—fortify, τὸν τόπον[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.30.3, etc.)]:—passive, [NT ([prev. author] 1.42.7, 4.70.9, NT.Matt.27.64.)]
b secure, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 829.9 (1st c.AD).)]
2 more frequently in middle, secure, ἑαυτόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 215)]; τὰς εἰσβολάς, τὴν χώραν, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.65.6, 4.60.5, etc.; τόπους 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 101.7; τὸν ὕσπληγγα “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2824 (from Aphrodisias))]; shut up, close, πύλην[LXX (LXX.Neh.3.15)]; ὀφθαλμοὶ ἠσφαλισμένοι, opposed to ἀνεῳγμένοι, [Refs (Polemo Physiognomonicus 55)]; τοὺς πόδας ἠσφαλίσατο εἰς τὸ ξύλον made them fast, [NT (NT.Acts.16.24.)]
3 secure the person of, arrest, τινά[Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 283.19 (1st c.BC),compare “PRyl.” 68.19 (1st c.BC, _passive_))]; seize, τὰ γενήματα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 53.29 (2nd c.BC).)]
4 middle, certify, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 2.77.40 (2nd c.AD).)]
II middle, secure oneself against, ward off, τὰς καταφορὰς τῶν μαχαιρῶν[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.23.4, compare 9.3.3)]: absolutely, safeguard oneself, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 13.5.10, “POxy.” 1033.13 (4th c.AD).)]
II.2 metaphorically in Rhet., safeguard a risky metaphor, ἀ. τὰς μεταφοράς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 85:)] — passive, λέξις ἠσφαλισμένη τοῖς συνδέσμοις[Refs ([prev. work] 193. (The word is βάρβαρον _accusative_ to “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 456.))]
[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.30.3)]:—mostly in middle, future -ιοῦμαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.21.4,)] but -ίσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “AJ” 13.5.11, and so 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.24)]: perfect ἠσφάλισμαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.43.6:)]pluperfect ἠσφάλιστο[Refs ([prev. work] 7.12)]: aorist ἠσφαλισάμην[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.22.11; ἠσφαλίσθην 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Vita” 62)]: some of these tenses are used in passive sense (see. below):—fortify, τὸν τόπον[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.30.3, etc.)]:—passive, [NT ([prev. author] 1.42.7, 4.70.9, NT.Matt.27.64.)]
b secure, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 829.9 (1st c.AD).)]
2 more frequently in middle, secure, ἑαυτόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 215)]; τὰς εἰσβολάς, τὴν χώραν, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.65.6, 4.60.5, etc.; τόπους 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 101.7; τὸν ὕσπληγγα “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2824 (from Aphrodisias))]; shut up, close, πύλην[LXX (LXX.Neh.3.15)]; ὀφθαλμοὶ ἠσφαλισμένοι, opposed to ἀνεῳγμένοι, [Refs (Polemo Physiognomonicus 55)]; τοὺς πόδας ἠσφαλίσατο εἰς τὸ ξύλον made them fast, [NT (NT.Acts.16.24.)]
3 secure the person of, arrest, τινά[Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 283.19 (1st c.BC),compare “PRyl.” 68.19 (1st c.BC, _passive_))]; seize, τὰ γενήματα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 53.29 (2nd c.BC).)]
4 middle, certify, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 2.77.40 (2nd c.AD).)]
II middle, secure oneself against, ward off, τὰς καταφορὰς τῶν μαχαιρῶν[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.23.4, compare 9.3.3)]: absolutely, safeguard oneself, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 13.5.10, “POxy.” 1033.13 (4th c.AD).)]
II.2 metaphorically in Rhet., safeguard a risky metaphor, ἀ. τὰς μεταφοράς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 85:)] — passive, λέξις ἠσφαλισμένη τοῖς συνδέσμοις[Refs ([prev. work] 193. (The word is βάρβαρον _accusative_ to “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 456.))]