τεκμήριον
tekmḗrion · G5039 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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evidence, proof, convincing proof
That which causes something to be known as verified or confirmed
ExamplesActs 1:3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of things regarding the kingdom of God.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πολύςmany 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀπόδειξις apódeixis · G585 · proof, evidence, verification
- Greek term for 'demonstration' or 'proof' that establishes certainty through argument or evidence; closely parallel to τεκμήριον as a criterion of certainty, though ἀπόδειξις emphasizes the process of demonstration more than the concrete token itself.
- μαρτυρία martyría · G3141 · to witness, testimony, witness
- Greek word for 'testimony' or 'witness' that provides evidence; semantically related to τεκμήριον as both serve to establish facts, though μαρτυρία emphasizes personal testimony while τεκμήριον emphasizes demonstrable proof.
In the other Testament 1 word
- אוֹת ʼôwth · H226 · sign, standard, souvenir
- Hebrew word for 'sign' or 'token' that functions as evidence or proof of something, directly parallel to τεκμήριον as a demonstration or criterion of certainty (e.g., signs as proof of God's power in Exodus).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Evidence, proof, convincing proof28.45
- Luke records that Jesus presented Himself alive after His suffering “by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days” (Acts 1:3).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τεκμηριου, τό (from τεκμαίρω to show or prove by sure signs; from τέκμαρ a sign), from…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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