βεβαίωσις
bebaíōsis · G951 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to confirm, to verify, to prove to be true and certain, confirmation, verification
To cause something to be known as certain
ExamplesPhilippians 1:7 For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.
Hebrews 6:16 For people swear an oath by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath serving as confirmation is an end of every dispute.
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
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εὐαγγέλιονthe gospel, the good news 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἰςto 1
- ἐνin 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
- ἀσφάλεια aspháleia · G803 · safety, security, certainty
- Greek noun denoting certainty and security; semantically overlaps with βεβαίωσις in conveying firm assurance and established reliability
In the other Testament 1 word
- אֶמֶת ʼemeth · H571 · faithfulness, reliability, trustworthiness
- Hebrew lexeme denoting firmness, stability, and confirmation, particularly in covenantal/legal contexts; used similarly to βεβαίωσις for establishing certainty and reliability
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To confirm, to verify, to prove to be true and certain, confirmation, verification28.44
- Used of a guarantee that settles a dispute, as of an oath given for confirmation to end every dispute in Hebrews 6:16.
Word family 35 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βεβαιωσεως, ἡ (βεβαιόω), confirmation: τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, Phm 1:7; εἰς βεβαίωσιν to produce…
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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