Word

ἀσφαλίζω

asphalízō · G805 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to make secure, to be guarded

To cause something to be secure in the sense of something which could not be tampered with or opened

Examples
Matthew 27:64 “Therefore, give orders for the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
to fasten, to tie

To fasten something securely

Examples
Acts 16:24 and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

How it’s used In 4 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

ὁthe (definite article) 1
τάφοςgrave 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

πούςfoot 1
τάφοςgrave 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

εἰςto+ ξύλονwood, tree, club 1
ἕωςuntil, to, as far as+ ἡμέραday 1
μετάwith, after+ κουστωδίαguard 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κελεύωto order 1

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 1 word

φυλάσσω phylássō · G5442 · to guard closely, to obey, to keep commandments: Greek verb meaning to guard or watch over; closely related to ἀσφαλίζω in its sense of 'to make secure by guarding' (semantic domain 21.11), though φυλάσσω emphasizes the act of guarding itself while ἀσφαλίζω emphasizes the resulting state of security

In the other Testament 2 words

חָזַק châzaq · H2388 · to be strong, to prevail, to overcome: Hebrew verb meaning to strengthen or make firm; often used for securing, fortifying, or making something strong—a natural translation equivalent for ἀσφαλίζω when rendering 'to make secure' or 'to fortify' in contexts of physical or military security
נָצַר nâtsar · H5341 · to observe, to watch, to pay attention: Hebrew verb meaning to guard or watch over; appropriate translation equivalent for ἀσφαλίζω in its sense 'to make secure by guarding' (semantic domain 21.11), especially in contexts where security is achieved through watchful protection

Semantic domains 2 entries

To fasten, to tie18.12: Used literally of binding something in place, as of Paul and Silas's feet fastened in the stocks in Acts 16:24.
To make secure, to be guarded21.11: Used of securing something against tampering, as of the tomb made secure with a guard and a seal in Matthew 27:64-66.

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×ἀσφαλίζωasphalízō · G805ἀσφάλεια aspháleia · G803 · safety, security, certainty · 3×ἀσφαλῶς asphalōs · G806 · safe, safely, secure · 3×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist passive infinitive ἀσφαλισθῆναι; 1 aorist middle ἠσφαλισάμην; (ἀσφαλής);…

: 1 aorist passive infinitive ἀσφαλισθῆναι; 1 aorist middle ἠσφαλισάμην; (ἀσφαλής); especially frequent from Polybius down; "to make firm: to make secure against harm; passive to be made secure": Mt 27:64 (ὁ τάφος) (Buttmann, 52 (46)); middle, properly, to make secure for oneself or for one's own advantage (often in Polybius): Mt 27:65f; to make fast τούς πόδας εἰς τό ξύλον, Acts 16:24 (Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d.; Buttmann, § 147, 8).

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Fasten, Stick To1 occurrence Safe, Free from Danger3 occurrences

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