Strong G950βεβαιόω
to confirm
- Transliteration
- bebaioō
- Pronunciation
- beb-ah-yo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G949; to stabilitate (figuratively): - confirm (e-) stablish.
Detailed definition
βεβαιόω, -ῶ
(βέβαιος), [in LXX: Ps 40 (41)12 (נצב hi.), 118 (119)28 (קוּם pi.), 3Ma.5:42 *;]
to confirm, establish, secure, of things (cl.): λόγον, Mk 16:[20]; ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.15:8; of persons (DCG, ii, 605): 1Co.1:8, 2Co.1:21. Pass., 1Co.1:6, Col.2:7, Heb.2:3 13:9 (as an Attic legal term, to guarantee the validity of a purchase, establish or confirm a title; see next word, Cremer, 139; cf. δια-β.).†
(AS)
(βέβαιος), [in LXX: Ps 40 (41)12 (נצב hi.), 118 (119)28 (קוּם pi.), 3Ma.5:42 *;]
to confirm, establish, secure, of things (cl.): λόγον, Mk 16:[20]; ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.15:8; of persons (DCG, ii, 605): 1Co.1:8, 2Co.1:21. Pass., 1Co.1:6, Col.2:7, Heb.2:3 13:9 (as an Attic legal term, to guarantee the validity of a purchase, establish or confirm a title; see next word, Cremer, 139; cf. δια-β.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G950 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- confirm5
- establish1
- stablished1
- stablisheth1
- that1
First verses
- Mark 16:20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
- Romans 15:8Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
- 1 Corinthians 1:6Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
- 1 Corinthians 1:8Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
- Colossians 2:7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
- Hebrews 2:3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- Hebrews 13:9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
βεβαι-όω,
confirm, establish, make good, τοῖς δικασταῖς τὴν δόξαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 53b; δωρεὰν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.18; εἴτε δεξιὰς δοῖεν ἐβεβαίουν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.2, etc.)]; ἔργῳ βεβαιούμενα, opposed to ἀκοῇ λεγόμενα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23)]; β. λόγον make good one's word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.32; β. τὴν πρᾶξιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.17)]; treat as valid, τὰς αὑτῶν αἰσθήσεις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus 1, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 24)]; β. τινί τι secure one the possession of a thing, οὐδ᾽ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς βεβαιοῦμεν [τὴν ἐλευθερίαν] [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122; τοῖς θεοῖς βεβαιοῦντες τοὺς νόμους οὒς ἐψηφίσασθε 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.29, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.30; τὴν ἀρχήν τινι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 22; τὸν λόγον NT.Mark.16.20)]:—middle, establish for oneself, secure, σφᾶς αὐτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.33)]; τὴν ἀρχήν, τὴν φιλίαν τινός, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.10, 78)]; β. τινάς confirm them in one's interest,[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 34; βασιλείαν 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.11.4; τὰ περὶ τῆς βοηθείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.51.5.)]
2 middle, secure one's ground in argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169e)]; confirm oneself in an opinion, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 489a, “Prt.” 348d.)]
3 guarantee the validity of a purchase, warrant the purchaser's title, β. τινὶ τὸ βαλανεῖον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.23, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.42, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.12, “SIG” 46.4 (Halic., 5th c.BC))]; τὴν μίσθωσιν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1119.47 (1st c.BC))]: generally, β. τοὺς κανόνας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.11.24.)]
II intransitive, determine, show itself positively, τοῖσιν ἐνδοιαστῶς ἔχουσι.. ἐβεβαίωσε [ἡ νοῦσος] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.2.)]
confirm, establish, make good, τοῖς δικασταῖς τὴν δόξαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 53b; δωρεὰν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.18; εἴτε δεξιὰς δοῖεν ἐβεβαίουν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.2, etc.)]; ἔργῳ βεβαιούμενα, opposed to ἀκοῇ λεγόμενα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23)]; β. λόγον make good one's word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.32; β. τὴν πρᾶξιν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.17)]; treat as valid, τὰς αὑτῶν αἰσθήσεις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus 1, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 24)]; β. τινί τι secure one the possession of a thing, οὐδ᾽ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς βεβαιοῦμεν [τὴν ἐλευθερίαν] [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122; τοῖς θεοῖς βεβαιοῦντες τοὺς νόμους οὒς ἐψηφίσασθε 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.29, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.30; τὴν ἀρχήν τινι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 22; τὸν λόγον NT.Mark.16.20)]:—middle, establish for oneself, secure, σφᾶς αὐτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.33)]; τὴν ἀρχήν, τὴν φιλίαν τινός, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.10, 78)]; β. τινάς confirm them in one's interest,[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 34; βασιλείαν 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.11.4; τὰ περὶ τῆς βοηθείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.51.5.)]
2 middle, secure one's ground in argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169e)]; confirm oneself in an opinion, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 489a, “Prt.” 348d.)]
3 guarantee the validity of a purchase, warrant the purchaser's title, β. τινὶ τὸ βαλανεῖον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.23, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.42, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.12, “SIG” 46.4 (Halic., 5th c.BC))]; τὴν μίσθωσιν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1119.47 (1st c.BC))]: generally, β. τοὺς κανόνας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.11.24.)]
II intransitive, determine, show itself positively, τοῖσιν ἐνδοιαστῶς ἔχουσι.. ἐβεβαίωσε [ἡ νοῦσος] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.2.)]