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G805 ἀσφαλίζω (asphalízō)

Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

ἀσφαλίζω v. I make safe

Strong's Definition

to render secure

Derivation: from G804 (ἀσφαλής);

KJV Usage: make fast (sure)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀσφαλίζω (G0805)

verb | σφάλλω (cause to fall) · ἀσφάλεια · ἀσφαλής · ἀσφαλῶς

21.11 · Danger, Risk, Safe, Save · Safe, Free from Danger

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

MAT 27:64 · MAT 27:65 · MAT 27:66

18.12 · Attachment · Fasten, Stick To

to fasten, to tie to fasten something securely It is possible that in ACT 16:24 τὸ ξύλον designates ‘stocks,’ namely, two pieces of wood through which the feet could be placed so as to make a prisoner immobile (see 6.21).

ACT 16:24

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀσφαλίζω : 1 aor. pass. inf. ἀσφαλισθῆναι; 1 aor. mid. ἠσφαλισάμην ; (ἀσφαλής) ; esp. freq. fr. Polyb. down; to make firm, to make secure against harm ; pass. to be made secure: Mt. xxvii. 64 (ὁ τάφος) [B. 52 (46)]; mid. prop. to make secure for one’s self or for one’s own advantage, (often in Polyb.): Mt. xxvii. 65 sq.; to make fast τοὺς πόδας εἰς τὸ ξύλον, Acts xvi. 24 [W. § 66, 2 d.3 B. § 147, 8].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀσφαλίζω asphalizō 4x

mid: to make fast, safe, or secure, Mt. 27:64, 65, 66; Acts 16:24*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἀσφαλίζω

(< ἀσφαλής), [in LXX: Ne 3:15 (חזק hi.), Is 41:10 (תּמךְ), Wi 4:17 10:12 13:15*;]

to make firm, secure: mid., Mt 27:65, 66, Ac 16:24; pass., Mt 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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀσφαλίζω (asphalizō) — to secure. ἀσφᾰλίζω [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—mostly in middle, future -ιοῦμαι[Refs 1st c.AD+] but -ίσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]: perfect ἠσφάλισμαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+]pluperfect ἠσφάλιστο[Refs]: aorist ἠσφαλισάμην[Refs 1st c.AD+]: some of these tenses are used in passive sense (see. below):—fortify, τὸν τόπον[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, [NT] __b secure, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. more frequently in middle, secure, ἑαυτόν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰς εἰσβολάς, τὴν χώραν, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; shut up, close, πύλην[LXX]; ὀφθαλμοὶ ἠσφαλισμένοι, opposed to ἀνεῳγμένοι, [Refs]; τοὺς πόδας ἠσφαλίσατο εἰς τὸ ξύλον made them fast, [NT]

3. secure the person of, arrest, τινά[Refs 1st c.BC+]; seize, τὰ γενήματα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

4. middle, certify, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. middle, secure oneself against, ward off, τὰς καταφορὰς τῶν μαχαιρῶν[Refs 2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, safeguard oneself, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.2. metaphorically in Rhet., safeguard a risky metaphor, ἀ. τὰς μεταφοράς[Refs 4th c.BC+] — passive, λέξις ἠσφαλισμένη τοῖς συνδέσμοις[Refs]

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).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (4)

27:64 27:65 27:66
16:24

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