G949: βέβαιος (bébaios)

G949 βέβαιος (bébaios)

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Quick Definition

βέβαιος, α, ον Adj firm, steadfast, enduring

Strong's Definition

from the base of 939 (through the idea of basality); stable (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: firm, of force, stedfast, sure

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

βέβαιος (G0949)

adjc. | -α, -ον | βεβαιόω

71.15 · Mode · Certain, Uncertain

certain, sure pertaining to being certain, on the basis of being well established

ROM 4:16 · HEB 3:14 · HEB 9:17 · 2PE 1:10

31.90 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Trust, Rely

dependable, reliable, trustworthy pertaining to being able to be relied on or depended on For another interpretation of βέβαιος in HEB 2:2, see βέβαιος[c] 28.43.

2CO 1:7 · HEB 2:2 · HEB 3:14 · HEB 6:19 · 2PE 1:19

28.43 · Know · Well Known, Clearly Shown, Revealed

known to be true, certain, verified pertaining to that which is known with certainty For another interpretation of βέβαιος in HEB 2:2, see βέβαιος[b] 31.90.

HEB 2:2

¹ The meanings of βέβαιος[c] (28.43), βεβαιόω[b] and βεβαίωσις (28.44) involve two quite distinct sets of semantic features. There is the obvious element of that which is confirmed, verified, and true (meanings which could be classified in Domain 72 True, False) as well as the process of making such information known. These meanings could therefore be treated in either domain.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βέβαιος, -αία (W. 69 (67); B. 25 (22)), -aov, (BAQ, Baive), [fr. Aeschyl. down], stable, fast, firm; prop. : ἄγκυpa, Heb. vi. 19; metaph. sure, trusty: ἐπαγγελία, Ro. τν. 16; κλῆσις καὶ ἐκλογή, 2 Pet. i. 10; λόγος προφητικός. 2 Pet. i. 19; unshaken, constant, Heb. iii. 14; ἐλπίς, 2 Co. i. 7 (6), (4 Mace. xvii. 4) ; παρρησία, Heb. iii. 6 (but WH Tr mrg. in br.) ; valid and therefore inviolable, λόγος, Heb. ii. 2; διαθήκη, Heb. ix. 17. (With the same meanings in Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βέβαιος bebaios 8x

firm, stable, steadfast, Heb. 3:14; 6:19; sure, certain, established, Rom. 4:16

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** βέβαιος, -ον (also -α, -ον;

< βαίνω), [in LXX: Es 3:13, Wi 7:23, III Mac 5:31 7:7, IV Mac 17:4*;]

firm, secure: ἄγκυρα, He 6:19; metaph., sure (esp. "in the sense of legally guaranteed security," Deiss., BS, 109; cf . two foll. words): ἐπαγγελία, Ro 4:16; ἐλπίς, II Co 1:6; λόγος, He 2:2; παρρησία, He 3:6; ἀρχή (τ. ὑποστάσεως), He 3:14; διαθήκη, He 9:17; κλῆσις κ. ἐκλογή, II Pe 1:10; comp. (-ότερος), προφητικὸς λόγος, II Pe 1:19.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

βέβαιος. Deissmann (8S, p. τος ἢ.) has shown very fully how much force the technical use of this word and its cognates to denote legally guaranteed security adds to their occurrence in the NT. Thus with the use of this adjective in Rom 415, 2 Cor 17, we may compare P Amh II. 8574 (a.p. 78) where, in an application for a lease, provision is made that if no objection is raised ‘‘the lease may remain guaranteed to us for the period of five years without change ’—pévye ἡμῖν ἡ μίσθωσις βεβαία ἐπὶ τὸν πενταετ[ἢ] χρόνον ἀμεθεστάτους (Δ -οις). Ρ Strass I. 2253. (iii/A.p.) ἔχειν tld] βέβαιον τοὺς κατασχόντας, ‘that those who have obtained possession may be secured in it,” P Oxy IX. 120079 (A.D. 266) ἔτι τε kal παρέξομαί σοι βέβαια διὰ παντὸς ἀπὸ πάντων πάσῃ βεβαιώσει, ‘and I will further guarantee the property always against all claims with every guarantee” (Ed.), BGU IV. 1116%4 (B.C. 13) ποιοῦντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἕκαστα ἀκολ(ούθως) καὶ τὴ(ν) ᾿Αντω(νίαν) Φιλη(μάτιον) βεβαίαν αὐτῷ παρέχεσθαι τὴ(ν) μίσθω(σιν), 26. 1127}5 (B.c. 18) παρέχεσθαι τὴν παραχώρησιν βεβαίαν. So from inscrr. OGIS 6693" (i/A.D.) ὧν βεβαίαν δεῖ τὴν πρωτοπραξίαν φυλάσσειν. It will be noticed that ἔχω and παρέχομαι tend to associate with the adjective: cf. Heb 34, 619, 2 Pet 11% We need not multiply citations for a common word, unless we should give an instance with the negative : P Tor I. 110 (p.c. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 32) αἰσθομένη ὡς οὐθὲν εἶχεν βέβαιον.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

βέβαιος (bebaios) — firm. βέβαιος, ον (so always in [Refs 5th c.BC+], also α, ον (see. below): (βαίνω):— firm, steady, κρύσταλλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆ β. terra firma, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; steadfast, durable, ὁμιλία.. πιστὴ καὶ βέβαιος [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b sure, certain, τέκμαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πύλας β. παρέχειν make safe, secure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βεβαιότερος κίνδυνος a surer game, [Refs]: superlative -ότατος[Refs]; βέβαιόν ἐστί τινι ὅτι.. [Refs 1st c.BC+] confirm, guarantee, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

2. of persons, etc., steadfast, constant, φίλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, βεβαιότεροι μηδὲν νεωτεριεῖν more certain to make no change, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. τό β. certainty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τὸ β. τῆς διανοίας firmness, resolution, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. b security, guarantee, τὸ δημόσιον β. [Refs]

II. adverb -ως[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν, γνῶναι, δημοκρατεῖσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον, οἰκεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -οτέρως [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 5th c.BC+]