Quick Definition
I make safe
Strong's Definition
to render secure
Derivation: from G804 (ἀσφαλής);
KJV Usage: make fast (sure)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσφαλίζω: 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": Mat_27:64 (ὁ τάφος) (Buttmann, 52 (46)); middle, properly, to make secure for oneself or for one's own advantage (often in Polybius): Mat_27:65 f; to make fast τούς πόδας εἰς τό ξύλον, Act_16:24 (Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d.; Buttmann, § 147, 8).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσφαλίζω asphalizō 4x
mid: to make fast, safe, or secure, Mat_27:64-66 ; Act_16:24
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀσφαλίζω
( < ἀσφαλής ),
[in LXX : Neh_3:15 ( H2388 hi .), Isa_41:10 ( H8551 ), Wis_4:17 ; Wis_10:12 ; Wis_13:15 * ;]
to make firm, secure: mid ., Mat_27:65-66 , Act_16:24 ; pass ., Mat_27:64 ( MM , s.v. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσφαλίζομαι (~ἀσφαλίζω ) [page 88]
For the physical meaning of this very common verb, the only meaning which occurs in NT, may be quoted P Ryl II. 68 .19 (B.C. 89) ὅπως ἀναχθεῖσα ἡ Τ . ἀσφαλισθῆι μ̣ε̣χ̣ρ̣ι̣ τοῦ κτλ ., be brought up and secured until . . . (Ed.), P Tebt II. 283 .19 (i/B.C.) τὸν προγεγραμμένον Π . ἀσφαλίσασθαι , to secure (arrest) the aforesaid P., ib. I. 53 .29 (B.C. 110) ἀσφαλίσασθαι τὰ γενή (ματα ), seize the produce (Edd.). Ib. II. 407 .4 (A.D.199?) ἀσφαλιζόμενος τὰ μέλ̣λ̣[ο ]ντα πρὸς ἐμ̣[ὲ ἐλθεῖν ὑπάρχο ]ν̣τα , securing the property coming to me (Edd.) has the commoner applied sense : cf. also P Oxy VII. 1033 .13 (A.D. 392) διὰ τοῦτο ἑαυτοὺς ἀσφαλισζόμενοι τούσδε τοὺς λιβέλλους ἐπιδίδομεν , therefore to safeguard ourselves we present this petition (Ed.), P Lips I. 106 .10 ff. (A.D. 98) ἐὰν οὖν ὅ γε γνώσ̣της σὺν τῷ μετόχῳ ἀσφαλίζηταί σε διὰ τοῦ γράμματεος ( l. τος ) τῶν γεωργῶ (ν ). Add P Ryl II. 77 .40 (A.D. 192) αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἀσφαλίσομαι κτλ ., I will certify these very facts by means of your minutes (Ed.), BGU III. 829 .9 (A.D. 100) ἀσφ [άλισο ]ν δὲ τ [ὴ ]ν ἐ [μὴ ]ν ὑπογραφήν , P Hamb I. 29 .12 (A.D. 29), where the editors take it as enter a protest. Demetrius de Eloc. 193 says the best literary style is συνηρτημένη καὶ οἷον ἠσφαλισμένη τοῖς συνδεσμοῖς , compacted and (as it were) consolidated by the conjunctions (Roberts). Ἀσφάλισμα pledge occurs BGU I. 248 .8 , II. 601 .7 (?) (both ii/A.D.) : cf. also ib. I. 246 .14 (ii/iii A.D.) [π ]αρασφαλίσματα . Cf. MGr (ἀ )σφαλίζω shut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀσφαλίζω
(ἀσφαλής), [in LXX: Neh.3:15 (חָזַק hi.), Isa.41:10 (תָּמַךְ), Wis.4:17 10:12 13:15 * ;]
to make firm, secure: mid., Mat.27:65-66, Act.16:24; pass., Mat.27:64 (MM, see word).†
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