Strong's Lexicon
G1226
G1226 — διαβεβαιόομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1226 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διαβεβαιόομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of a compound of G1223 and G950 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | diabebaioomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-ab-eb-ai-oh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to confirm thoroughly (by words), i.e. asseverate |
| KJV Renderings: | affirm constantly |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διαβεβαιοομαι (διαβεβαιοῦμαι); middle to affirm strongly, assert confidently, (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 253 (238)): περί τινο (Polybius 12, 11 (12), 6), 1Ti 1:7 (cf. WH’s Appendix, p. 167); Tit 3:8. (Demosthenes, p. 220, 4; Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Aelian)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διαβεβαιόομαι (affirm constantly)
1 Timothy 1:7
- KJV: Desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm
- GK: θέλοντες είναι νομοδιδάσκαλοι μη νοούντες α λέγουσι μήτε περί τίνων διαβεβαιούνται
Titus 3:8
- KJV: a faithful saying and these things I will that thou affirm constantly that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works These things are good and profitable unto men
- GK: πιστός ο λόγος και περί τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιούσθαι ίνα φροντίζωσι καλών έργων προϊστασθαι οι πεπιστευκότες τω θεώ ταύτά εστι τα καλά και ωφέλιμα τοις ανθρώποις