Strong's Lexicon
G950 — βεβαιόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G950 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βεβαιόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G949 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | bebaioo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | beb-ai-oh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to make firm, steadfast 2. (figuratively) to confirm |
| KJV Renderings: | confirm, (e-)stablish |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βεβαιόω, βεβαιω; future βεβαιώσω; 1 aorist ἐβεβαιωσα; passive (present βεβαιοῦμαι); 1 aorist ἐβεβαιωθην; (βέβαιος); to make firm, establish, confirm, make sure: τόν λόγον, to prove its truth and divinity, Mar 16:20; τάς ἐπαγγελίας make good the promises by the event, i. e. fulfil them, Rom 15:8 (so also in Greek writings as Diodorus 1, 5); passive: τό μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 1Co 1:6; ἡ σωτηρία ... εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐβεβαιώθη,a constructio praegnans (Winer’s Grammar, § 66, 2 d.) which may be resolved into εἰς ἡμᾶς παρεδόθη καί ἐν ἡμῖν βέβαιος ἐγένετο, Heb 2:3 cf. Heb 2:2; see βέβαιος. of men made steadfast and constant in soul: Heb 13:9; 1Co 1:8 (βεβαιώσει ὑμᾶς ἀνεγκλήτους will so confirm you that ye may be unreprovable (Winer’s Grammar, § 59, 6 at the end)); 2Co 1:21 (βεβαιῶν ἡμᾶς εἰς Χριστόν, causing us to be steadfast in our fellowship with Christ; cf. Meyer at the passage); ἐν τῇ πίστει, Col 2:7 (L T Tr WH omit ἐν). (In Greek writings from Thucydides and Plato down.) (Compare: διαβεβαιωμαι.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βεβαιόω (confirm)
Mark 16:20
- KJV: And they went forth and preached every where the Lord working with and confirming the word with signs following Amen
- GK: εκείνοι δε εξελθόντες εκήρυξαν πανταχού του κυρίου συνεργούντος και τον λόγον βεβαιούντος διά των επακολουθούντων σημείων αμην
Romans 15:8
- KJV: Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to confirm the promises unto the fathers
- GK: λέγω δε χριστόν Ιησούν διάκονον γεγενήσθαι περιτομής υπέρ αληθείας θεού εις το βεβαιώσαι τας επαγγελίας των πατέρων
1 Corinthians 1:6
- KJV: Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you
- GK: καθώς το μαρτύριον του χριστού εβεβαιώθη εν υμίν
1 Corinthians 1:8
- KJV: Who shall also confirm you unto the end blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ
- GK: ος και βεβαιώσει υμάς έως τέλους ανεγκλήτους εν τη ημέρα του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού
2 Corinthians 1:21
- KJV: Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ and hath anointed us God
- GK: ο δε βεβαιών ημάς συν υμίν εις χριστόν και χρίσας ημάς θεός
Colossians 2:7
- KJV: Rooted and built up in him and stablished in the faith as ye have been taught abounding there in with thanksgiving
- GK: ερριζωμένοι και εποικοδομούμενοι εν αυτώ και βεβαιούμενοι εν τη πίστει καθώς εδιδάχθητε περισσεύοντες εν αυτή εν ευχαριστία
Hebrews 2:3
- KJV: How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord was confirmed unto us by them that heard
- GK: πως ημείς εκφευξόμεθα τηλικαύτης αμελήσαντες σωτηρίας ήτις αρχήν λαβούσα λαλείσθαι διά του κυρίου υπό των ακουσάντων εις ημάς εβεβαιώθη
Hebrews 13:9
- KJV: Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines For a good thing that the heart be established with grace not with meats which have not profited them that have been occupied therein
- GK: διδαχαίς ποικίλαις και ξέναις μη περιφέρεσθε καλόν γαρ χάριτι βεβαιούσθαι την καρδίαν ου βρώμασιν εν οις ουκ ωφελήθησαν οι περιπατήσαντες