Strong G949βέβαιος
firm
- Transliteration
- bebaios
- Pronunciation
- beb'-ah-yos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From the base of G939 (through the idea of basality);
stable (literally or figuratively): - firm of force stedfast sure.
stable (literally or figuratively): - firm of force stedfast sure.
Detailed definition
βέβαιος, -ον (also -α, -ον; βαίνω),
[in LXX: Est.3:13, Wis.7:23, 3Ma.5:31 7:7, 4Ma.17:4 *;]
firm, secure: ἄγκυρα, Heb.6:19; metaphorically, sure (esp. "in the sense of legally guaranteed security," Deiss., BS, 109; cf. two foll. words): ἐπαγγελία, Rom.4:16; ἐλπίς, 2Co.1:6; λόγος, Heb.2:2; παρρησία, Heb.3:6; ἀρχή (τ. ὑποστάσεως), Heb.3:14; διαθήκη, Heb.9:17; κλῆσις κ. ἐκλογή, 2Pe.1:10; comp. (-ότερος), προφητικὸς λόγος, 2Pe.1:19.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Est.3:13, Wis.7:23, 3Ma.5:31 7:7, 4Ma.17:4 *;]
firm, secure: ἄγκυρα, Heb.6:19; metaphorically, sure (esp. "in the sense of legally guaranteed security," Deiss., BS, 109; cf. two foll. words): ἐπαγγελία, Rom.4:16; ἐλπίς, 2Co.1:6; λόγος, Heb.2:2; παρρησία, Heb.3:6; ἀρχή (τ. ὑποστάσεως), Heb.3:14; διαθήκη, Heb.9:17; κλῆσις κ. ἐκλογή, 2Pe.1:10; comp. (-ότερος), προφητικὸς λόγος, 2Pe.1:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G949 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stedfast4
- sure3
- firm1
- force1
First verses
- Romans 4:16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
- 2 Corinthians 1:7And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
- Hebrews 2:2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
- Hebrews 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
- Hebrews 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
- Hebrews 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
- Hebrews 9:17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
- 2 Peter 1:10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
- 2 Peter 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βέβαιος, ον
(so always in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus))], also α, ον (see. below): (βαίνω):— firm, steady, κρύσταλλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23; ὄχημα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 85d (_comparative_))]; γῆ β. terra firma, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.21.5)]; steadfast, durable, ὁμιλία.. πιστὴ καὶ βέβαιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 71; ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι.. αἱ κτήσεις μόνης [prev. author] “fragment” 194; ψῆφος βεβαία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1263; τὴν χάριν βέβαιον ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32; οὐδέπω βέβαιος ἦν ἡ σωτηρία 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.53; εἰρήνην βεβαίαν ἀγαγεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.173; φιλία βέβαιος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c; βεβαίου τε καὶ καθαρᾶς ἡδονῆς γεύεσθαι [prev. author] “R.” 586a; δόξαι καὶ πίστεις βέβαιοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς [prev. author] “Ti.” 37b, etc.)]
b sure, certain, τέκμαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 456; ἄκεα [prev. author] “Eu.” 506 (Lyric poetry); τοξεύματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1086)]; πύλας β. παρέχειν make safe, secure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67)]; βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος a surer game, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.39)]: superlative -ότατος[Refs ([prev. author] 1.124)]; βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.35; τὰ παρ᾽ ἀνθρώπων αὐτῷ β. ἦν [prev. passage]; but β. παρέχειν τὰν ὠνάν)] confirm, guarantee, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“GDI” 1867, +others (Delph.); μένειν κυρίαν καὶ β... συγχώρησιν “BGU” 1058.47 (1st c.BC).)]
2 of persons, etc., steadfast, constant, φίλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 299 (_comparative_),compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.43, etc.: with)]infinitive, βεβαιότεροι μηδὲν νεωτεριεῖν more certain to make no change, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11.)]
3 τό β. certainty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 59c, etc.)]; but τὸ β. τῆς διανοίας firmness, resolution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89.)]
3.b security, guarantee, τὸ δημόσιον β. [Refs (“IG” 12.189.)]
II adverb -ως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 15; β. κλῃστόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17; β. οἰκεῖσθαι [prev. author] 1.2)]; ἔχειν, γνῶναι, δημοκρατεῖσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.41, 39, 10.4)]: comparative -ότερον, οἰκεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8)]; -οτέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.60, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.11)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91.)]
(so always in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus))], also α, ον (see. below): (βαίνω):— firm, steady, κρύσταλλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23; ὄχημα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 85d (_comparative_))]; γῆ β. terra firma, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.21.5)]; steadfast, durable, ὁμιλία.. πιστὴ καὶ βέβαιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 71; ἀρετῆς βέβαιαι.. αἱ κτήσεις μόνης [prev. author] “fragment” 194; ψῆφος βεβαία 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1263; τὴν χάριν βέβαιον ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32; οὐδέπω βέβαιος ἦν ἡ σωτηρία 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.53; εἰρήνην βεβαίαν ἀγαγεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.173; φιλία βέβαιος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c; βεβαίου τε καὶ καθαρᾶς ἡδονῆς γεύεσθαι [prev. author] “R.” 586a; δόξαι καὶ πίστεις βέβαιοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς [prev. author] “Ti.” 37b, etc.)]
b sure, certain, τέκμαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 456; ἄκεα [prev. author] “Eu.” 506 (Lyric poetry); τοξεύματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1086)]; πύλας β. παρέχειν make safe, secure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67)]; βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος a surer game, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.39)]: superlative -ότατος[Refs ([prev. author] 1.124)]; βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.35; τὰ παρ᾽ ἀνθρώπων αὐτῷ β. ἦν [prev. passage]; but β. παρέχειν τὰν ὠνάν)] confirm, guarantee, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“GDI” 1867, +others (Delph.); μένειν κυρίαν καὶ β... συγχώρησιν “BGU” 1058.47 (1st c.BC).)]
2 of persons, etc., steadfast, constant, φίλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 299 (_comparative_),compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.43, etc.: with)]infinitive, βεβαιότεροι μηδὲν νεωτεριεῖν more certain to make no change, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11.)]
3 τό β. certainty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 59c, etc.)]; but τὸ β. τῆς διανοίας firmness, resolution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89.)]
3.b security, guarantee, τὸ δημόσιον β. [Refs (“IG” 12.189.)]
II adverb -ως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 15; β. κλῃστόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17; β. οἰκεῖσθαι [prev. author] 1.2)]; ἔχειν, γνῶναι, δημοκρατεῖσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.41, 39, 10.4)]: comparative -ότερον, οἰκεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8)]; -οτέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.60, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.11)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91.)]