Lexicon asphaleia: certainty, security Original Word: ἀσφάλεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: asphaleia Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal'-i-ah) Short Definition: safety, security, reliability Definition: safety, security, reliability, firmness. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 803 aspháleia (from 1 /A "not" and sphallō, "totter") – firmness that equates to security. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom asphalésDefinitioncertainty, security NASB Translationexact truth (1), safety (1), securely (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 803: ἀσφάλειαἀσφάλεια, ἀσφαλείας, ἡ ( ἀσφαλής) (from Aeschylus down); a. firmness, stability: ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφάλεια most securely, Acts 5:23. tropically, certainty, undoubted truth: λόγων (see λόγος, I. 7), Luke 1:4 (τοῦ λόγου, the certainty of a proof, Xenophon, mem. 4, 6, 15). b. security from enemies and dangers, safety: 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (opposed to κίνδυνος, Xenophon, mem. 3, 12, 7).
Strong's certainty, safety. From asphales; security (literally or figuratively) -- certainty, safety. see GREEK asphales |
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