Bebaios βέβαιος

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Bebaios
βέβαιος
Transliterationbebaios
Strong's numberG949
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossfirm
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inHebrews (5)

Bebaios (Greek βέβαιος, Strong's G949) is a Greek adjective meaning “firm”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

βέβαιος, -ον (also -α, -ον; βαίνω),
[in LXX: Est.3:13, Wis.7:23, 3Ma.5:31 7:7, 4Ma.17:4 * ;]
firm, secure: ἄγκυρα, Heb.6:19; metaphorically, sure (esp. "in the sense of legally guaranteed security," Deiss., BS, 109; cf . two foll. words): ἐπαγγελία, Rom.4:16; ἐλπίς, 2Co.1:6; λόγος, Heb.2:2; παρρησία, Heb.3:6; ἀρχή (τ. ὑποστάσεως), Heb.3:14; διαθήκη, Heb.9:17; κλῆσις κ. ἐκλογή, 2Pe.1:10; comp. (-ότερος), προφητικὸς λόγος, 2Pe.1:19.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsure (3), stedfast (3), firm (1), force (1)
BSBsure (2), guaranteed (1), binding (1), firmly (1), secure (1), take effect (1), confirmed beyond doubt (1)

Verses

Every verse with Bebaios, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Romans

2 Corinthians

Hebrews

2 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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