Word

ἀσφάλεια

aspháleia · G803 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

safety, security

A state of safety and security, implying a complete lack of danger

Examples
Acts 5:23 saying, “We found the prison locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
1 Thessalonians 5:3 While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
certainty, being without doubt

A state of certainty with regard to a belief

Examples
Luke 1:4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κατηχέωto instruct 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐπιγινώσκωto know, to recognize 1
λέγωto say 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin 2

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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In the other Testament 2 words

בֶּטַח beṭach · H983 · confident, unsuspecting, securely: The second word is a noun denoting security, safety or trust, frequently used in expressions of assurance and security in God or in physical safety, matching the safety and security sense of ἀσφάλεια in both literal and figurative uses.
בִּטָּחוֹן biṭṭâchôwn · H986 · confidence, hope: The second word is an abstract noun denoting assurance or security, overlapping with ἀσφάλεια in the area of subjective assurance and objective safety, particularly in wisdom and prophetic literature.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Safety, security21.9: Used of physical security, as of the prison found securely locked in Acts 5:23 and the false sense of peace and security in 1 Thessalonians 5:3.
Certainty, being without doubt31.41: Used of assured, verified knowledge, as of the exact truth Theophilus has been taught in Luke 1:4.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀσφαλής asphalḗs · G804 · safe, safely, secure · 5×ἀσφαλίζω asphalízō · G805 · to make secure, to be guarded, to fasten · 4×ἀσφάλειαaspháleia · G803ἀσφαλῶς asphalōs · G806 · safe, safely, secure · 3×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσφαλείας, ἡ (ἀσφαλής) (from Aeschylus down); a. firmness, stability: ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφάλεια…

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), Lk 1:4 (τοῦ λόγου, the certainty of a proof, Xenophon, mem. 4, 6, 15).
b. security from enemies and dangers, safety: 1 Thess 5:3 (opposed to κίνδυνος, Xenophon, mem. 3, 12, 7).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Safe, Free from Danger2 occurrences Believe To Be True1 occurrence

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