Lexicon asphalés: certain, secure Original Word: ἀσφαλής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: asphalés Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal-ace') Short Definition: safe, reliable, trustworthy Definition: (lit: unfailing), safe, reliable, trustworthy, certain, sure. HELPS word-Studies 804 asphalḗs (from 1 /A "not" and sphallō, "totter, cast down") – properly, secure because on solid footing, i.e. built on what does not totter (fall, slip); hence, "unfailing, safe, reliable, trustworthy" (Souter). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and sphalló (to trip up) Definitioncertain, secure NASB Translationcertain (1), definite (1), facts (1), safeguard (1), sure (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 804: ἀσφαλήςἀσφαλής, ἀσφαλές ( σφάλλω to make to totter or fall, to cheat (cf. Latin fallo, German fallen, etc., English fall, fail), σφάλλομαι to fall, to reel) (from Homer down); a. firm (that can be relied on, confided in): ἄγκυρα, Hebrews 6:19 (where I, and Tr have received as the form of accusative singular ἀσφαλην (Tdf.7ἀσφαλην; cf. Tdf. at the passage; Delitzsch, commentary at the passage) see ἄρσην). Tropically, certain, true: Acts 25:26; τό ἀσφαλές, Acts 21:34; Acts 22:30. b. suited to confirm: τίνι, Philippians 3:1 (so Josephus, Antiquities 3, 2, 1).
Strong's certain, safe, sure. From a (as a negative particle) and sphallo (to "fail"); secure (literally or figuratively) -- certain(-ty), safe, sure. see GREEK a |
