Strong's Lexicon
G5039
G5039 — τεκμήριον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5039 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τεκμήριον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter of a presumed derivative of tekmar (a goal or fixed limit) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | tekmerion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tek-may'-ree-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a token (as defining a fact), i.e. criterion of certainty |
| KJV Renderings: | infallible proof |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τεκμήριον, τεκμηριου, τό (from τεκμαίρω to show or prove by sure signs; from τέκμαρ a sign), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, that from which something is surely and plainly known; an indubitable evidence, a proof (Hesychius τεκμήριον. σημεῖον ἀληθές): Act 1:3 (Wis 5:11; 3Ma 3:24).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τεκμήριον (infallible proof)
Acts 1:3
- KJV: To 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
- GK: οις και παρέστησεν εαυτόν ζώντα μετά το παθείν αυτόν εν πολλοίς τεκμηρίοις δι΄ ημερών τεσσαράκοντα οπτανόμενος αυτοίς και λέγων τα περί της βασιλείας του θεού