Lexicon bebaios: firm, secure Original Word: βέβαιος, α, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: bebaios Phonetic Spelling: (beb'-ah-yos) Short Definition: firm, steadfast, enduring Definition: firm, steadfast, enduring, sure, certain. HELPS word-Studies 949 bébaios (an adjective, derived from bainō, "to walk where it is solid") – properly, solid (sure) enough to walk on; hence, firm, unshakable; (figuratively) absolutely dependable, giving guaranteed support (security, surety). 949 /bébaios (literally, "what can be tread upon") then refers to what is fully dependable, i.e. worthy of confidence because on "solid footing." This describes what is fully secure (stable), and therefore can be trusted to give full support. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as basisDefinitionfirm, secure NASB Translationcertain (1), firm (2), firmly grounded (1), guaranteed (1), more sure (1), steadfast (1), unalterable (1), valid (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 949: βέβαιοςβέβαιος, βεβαία ( Winers Grammar, 69 (67); Buttmann, 25 (22)), βέβαιον ( ΒΑΩ, βαίνω) (from Aeschylus down), stable, fast, firm; properly: ἄγκυρα, Hebrews 6:19; metaphorically, sure, trusty: ἐπαγγελία, Romans 4:16; κλῆσις καί ἐκλογή, 2 Peter 1:10; λόγος προφητικός, 2 Peter 1:19; unshaken, constant, Hebrews 3:14; ἐλπίς, 2 Corinthians 1:7 (6) (4 Macc. 17:4); παρρησία, Hebrews 3:6 (but WH Tr marginal reading in brackets); valid and therefore inviolable, λόγος, Hebrews 2:2; διαθήκη, Hebrews 9:17. (With the same meanings in Greek writings from Herodotus down.)
Strong's firm, steadfast, sure. From the base of basis (through the idea of basality); stable (literally or figuratively) -- firm, of force, stedfast, sure. see GREEK basis |
