Strong G5039τεκμήριον
clear proof
- Transliteration
- tekmērion
- Pronunciation
- tek-may'-ree-on;
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of a presumed derivative of τεκμάρ tekmar (a goal or fixed limit); a token (as defining a fact) that is criterion of certainty: - infallible proof.
Detailed definition
τεκμήριον, -ου, τό
(τέκμαρ, a mark, sign), [in LXX: Wis.5:4 19:13, 3Ma.3:24 *;]
a sure sign, a positive proof: Act.1:1-26 (for exx., see MM, xxiv).†
SYN.: ἔνδειγμα, q.v (AS)
(τέκμαρ, a mark, sign), [in LXX: Wis.5:4 19:13, 3Ma.3:24 *;]
a sure sign, a positive proof: Act.1:1-26 (for exx., see MM, xxiv).†
SYN.: ἔνδειγμα, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5039 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- proof1
First verses
- Acts 1:3To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
τεκμήρι-ον, τό,
(τεκμαίρομαι) ={τέκμαρ}[Refs 4th c.BC+ (11 (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1357b8, 9))], a sure sign or token, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 9.100, etc.; τεκμηρίοισιν ἐξ οἰμωγμάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1366)]; καὶ μὴν στίβοι γε, δεύτερον τ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 205)]; θανόντος πίστ᾽ ἔχων τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 774; ἐμφανῆ τ. [prev. work] 1109)]; ἀσφαλὲς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 94; ταῦτα δὴ πάντα τ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 8)]: in Medicine texts, a sure symptom, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Prog.” 25, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).306.)]
2 simply sign, symbol, τοῦ φιλαποδήμου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “Vit.Hippocr.” 12.)]
II proof (properly of an argumentative kind, opposed to direct evidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.12, 8.6), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 485, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158b, +others)]; opposed to τὰ εἰκότα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.10)]; but οὐκ εἰκότα τ. [Refs ([prev. author] 4.4.2; τ. δίκαιον [prev. author] 1.10)]; τ. τινός proof of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 662, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 482, etc.)]; τ. δὲ τοῦδε τὸν Ὅμηρον λαβέ (i.e. the case of Homer) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 97.5; also τ. περὶ τῶν μελλόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 185b)]; τ. τινὸς δοῦναι, παρασχέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 826, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.1; λέξω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 447)]; δείξω, ἐπιδείξω, ἀποδεῖξαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 662, “Supp.” 53 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158b; τ. ἀποφαίνειν περὶ σοφίας [prev. author] “Hp.Ma.” 283a; ἔχειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 271.)]
II.2 τεκμήριον δέ as an independent clause, now the proof of it is this (which follows), take this as a proof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.10, etc.)]; more fully, τ. δέ μοι τούτου τόδε· αἱ μὲν γὰρ φαίνονται κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.58)]; τ. δὲ τούτου καὶ τόδε· παρὰ μὲν Κύρου κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.29)]; χρῆσθαι τεκμηρίῳ ὅτι.. (ὅτι introducing the reason, not the fact) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.24, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.15.)]
II.3 in the Logic of Aristotle, demonstrative proof, opposed to to the fallible σημεῖον and εἰκός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“APr.” 70b2, “Rh.” 1357b4, 1402b19, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.369 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
(τεκμαίρομαι) ={τέκμαρ}[Refs 4th c.BC+ (11 (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1357b8, 9))], a sure sign or token, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 9.100, etc.; τεκμηρίοισιν ἐξ οἰμωγμάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1366)]; καὶ μὴν στίβοι γε, δεύτερον τ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Ch.” 205)]; θανόντος πίστ᾽ ἔχων τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 774; ἐμφανῆ τ. [prev. work] 1109)]; ἀσφαλὲς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 94; ταῦτα δὴ πάντα τ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 8)]: in Medicine texts, a sure symptom, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Prog.” 25, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).306.)]
2 simply sign, symbol, τοῦ φιλαποδήμου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “Vit.Hippocr.” 12.)]
II proof (properly of an argumentative kind, opposed to direct evidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.12, 8.6), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 485, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158b, +others)]; opposed to τὰ εἰκότα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.10)]; but οὐκ εἰκότα τ. [Refs ([prev. author] 4.4.2; τ. δίκαιον [prev. author] 1.10)]; τ. τινός proof of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 662, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 482, etc.)]; τ. δὲ τοῦδε τὸν Ὅμηρον λαβέ (i.e. the case of Homer) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 97.5; also τ. περὶ τῶν μελλόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 185b)]; τ. τινὸς δοῦναι, παρασχέσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 826, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.1; λέξω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 447)]; δείξω, ἐπιδείξω, ἀποδεῖξαι,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 662, “Supp.” 53 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158b; τ. ἀποφαίνειν περὶ σοφίας [prev. author] “Hp.Ma.” 283a; ἔχειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 271.)]
II.2 τεκμήριον δέ as an independent clause, now the proof of it is this (which follows), take this as a proof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.10, etc.)]; more fully, τ. δέ μοι τούτου τόδε· αἱ μὲν γὰρ φαίνονται κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.58)]; τ. δὲ τούτου καὶ τόδε· παρὰ μὲν Κύρου κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.29)]; χρῆσθαι τεκμηρίῳ ὅτι.. (ὅτι introducing the reason, not the fact) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.24, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.15.)]
II.3 in the Logic of Aristotle, demonstrative proof, opposed to to the fallible σημεῖον and εἰκός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“APr.” 70b2, “Rh.” 1357b4, 1402b19, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.369 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]