Strong G951βεβαίωσις
confirmation
- Transliteration
- bebaiōsis
- Pronunciation
- beb-ah'-yo-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G950; stabiliment: - confirmation.
Detailed definition
βεβαίωσις, -εως, ἡ
(βεβαιόω, which see), [in LXX: Lev.25:23 (צְמִיתֻת), Wis.6:19 *;]
confirmation: τ. εὐαγγελίου, Php.1:7; εἰς β., Heb.6:16, a phrase frequently in π. of guarantee in a business transaction (Deiss., BS, 104ff.; Cremer, 140).†
(AS)
(βεβαιόω, which see), [in LXX: Lev.25:23 (צְמִיתֻת), Wis.6:19 *;]
confirmation: τ. εὐαγγελίου, Php.1:7; εἰς β., Heb.6:16, a phrase frequently in π. of guarantee in a business transaction (Deiss., BS, 104ff.; Cremer, 140).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G951 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- confirmation2
First verses
- Philippians 1:7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
- Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βεβαί-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
confirmation, β. γνώμης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140, compare 4.87, Demetrius Astrologus Lac. “Herc.” 1012.38F., 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.486, +others, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 10.18, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 5)]; εἰς β. in perpetuity, ἡ γῆ οὐ πραθήσεται εἰς β. [LXX (LXX.Lev.25.23.)]
2 legal warranty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.249 (_plural_), “PTeb.” 311.27 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; βεβαιώσεως δίκη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.34.)]
confirmation, β. γνώμης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140, compare 4.87, Demetrius Astrologus Lac. “Herc.” 1012.38F., 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.486, +others, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 10.18, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 5)]; εἰς β. in perpetuity, ἡ γῆ οὐ πραθήσεται εἰς β. [LXX (LXX.Lev.25.23.)]
2 legal warranty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.249 (_plural_), “PTeb.” 311.27 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; βεβαιώσεως δίκη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.34.)]