STRONGS NUMBER G1340


Word Summary
diischyrizomai: to lean upon, affirm confidently
Original Word: διϊσχυρίζομαι
Transliteration: diischyrizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-is-khoo-rid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lean upon, affirm confidently
Meaning: to lean upon, affirm confidently
Strong's Concordance
confidently affirm.

From dia and a derivative of ischuros; to stout it through, i.e. Asservate -- confidently (constantly) affirm.

see GREEK dia

see GREEK ischuros

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1340: διϊσχυρίζομαι

διϊσχυρίζομαι (L WH διϊσχυρίζομαι (see Iota)): imperfect διισχυριζομην;

1. to lean upon.

2. to affirm stoutly, to assert confidently: Luke 22:59; Acts 12:15. (Lysias, Isaeus, Plato, Demosthenes, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 6, 4; Aelian hist. an. 7, 18; Dio Cassius, 57, 23; others.)

δικάζω[δικάζω; 1 aorist passive ἐδικασθην; from Homer down; "to judge, pass judgment: absolutely, Luke 6:37 Tr marginal reading (others, καταδικάζω.]