King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G803
Transliteration: asphaleia
Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: certainty, security
Meaning: certainty, security
ἀσφάλεια, ἀσφαλείας, ἡ (ἀσφαλής) (from Aeschylus down);
Word Summary
asphaleia: certainty, security
Original Word: ἀσφάλειαTransliteration: asphaleia
Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: certainty, security
Meaning: certainty, security
Strong's Concordance
certainty, safety. From asphales; security (literally or figuratively) -- certainty, safety.
see GREEK asphales
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 803: ἀσφάλειαἀσφάλεια, ἀσφαλείας, ἡ (ἀσφαλής) (from Aeschylus down);
a. firmness, stability: ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφάλεια most securely, Acts 5:23. tropically, certainty, undoubted truth: λόγων (see λόγος, I. 7), Luke 1:4 (τοῦ λόγου, the certainty of a proof, Xenophon, mem. 4, 6, 15).
b. security from enemies and dangers, safety: 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (opposed to κίνδυνος, Xenophon, mem. 3, 12, 7).