Lexicon azda: sure, assured Original Word: אֲזָדPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: azda Phonetic Spelling: (az-zawd') Short Definition: firm NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) of uncertain derivation Definitionsure, assured NASB Translationfirm (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs אַזְדָּא (so Gi, with most MSS.; Baer אָֽזְדָא adjective sure, assured (Persian azda, Sanskrit addhâ, 'certain' (Kern ZDMG 1869, 220); so first Nö KAT 2 617; confirmed now by Egyptian Aramaic (RÉS 361, B 3) הן אזד יחעבד מן if it is made certain (certified) by, etc.; > ᵐ5 Ki AV and others (see Thea) as verb is gone, or ( אָֽזְדָא) is going, from Talmud אֲזַד (= אֲזַל) go away (Levy NHWB i. 50); so Scheft MGWJ 1903, 310 from Zend * azda 'gone,' participle passive of azaiti 'go'); — Daniel 2:5 מִלְּתָה מִנִּי אַוְדָּא, Daniel 2:8 דִּיאַֿזְדָּא מִנִּי מִלְּתָא the word is assured on my part (the thing is fully resolved upon by me: compareSyrver  ; IE קַיָּימָא וֶאְמֶת); + Daniel 3:14(see צְדָא). Strong's be gone (Aramaic) of uncertain derivation; firm -- be gone. |
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