Strong's Lexicon
G803
G803 — ἀσφάλεια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G803 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀσφάλεια |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G804 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | asphaleia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as-fal'-ei-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. security {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | certainty, safety |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσφάλεια, ἀσφαλείας, ἡ (ἀσφαλής) (from Aeschylus down);
a. firmness, stability: ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφάλεια most securely, Act 5:23. tropically, certainty, undoubted truth: λόγων (see λόγος, I. 7), Luk 1:4 (τοῦ λόγου, the certainty of a proof, Xenophon, mem. 4, 6, 15).
b. security from enemies and dangers, safety: 1Th 5:3 (opposed to κίνδυνος, Xenophon, mem. 3, 12, 7).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀσφάλεια (certainty)
Luke 1:4
- KJV: That thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed
- GK: ίνα επιγνώς περί ων κατηχήθης λόγων την ασφάλειαν
Acts 5:23
- KJV: Saying The prison truly found we shut with all safety and the keepers standing without before the doors but when we had opened we found no man within
- GK: λέγοντες ότι το μεν δεσμωτήριον εύρομεν κεκλεισμένον εν πάση ασφαλεία και τους φύλακας εστώτας προ των θυρών ανοίξαντες δε έσω ουδένα εύρομεν
1 Thessalonians 5:3
- KJV: For when they shall say Peace and safety then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with child and they shall not escape
- GK: όταν γαρ λέγωσιν ειρήνη και ασφάλεια τότε αιφνίδιος αυτοίς εφίσταται όλεθρος ώσπερ η ωδίν τη εν γαστρί εχούση και ου εκφύγωσιν