King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G804
Transliteration: asphalēs
Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: certain, secure
Meaning: certain, secure
ἀσφαλής, ἀσφαλές (σφάλλω to make to totter or fall, to cheat (cf. Latinfallo, German fallen, etc., English fall, fail), σφάλλομαι to fall, to reel) (from Homer down);
Word Summary
asphalēs: certain, secure
Original Word: ἀσφαλήςTransliteration: asphalēs
Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: certain, secure
Meaning: certain, secure
Strong's Concordance
certain, safe, sure. From a (as a negative particle) and sphallo (to "fail"); secure (literally or figuratively) -- certain(-ty), safe, sure.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 804: ἀσφαλήςἀσφαλής, ἀσφαλές (σφάλλω to make to totter or fall, to cheat (cf. Latinfallo, German fallen, etc., English fall, fail), σφάλλομαι to fall, to reel) (from Homer down);
a. firm (that can be relied on, confided in): ἄγκυρα, Hebrews 6:19 (where I, and Tr have received as the form of accusative singular ἀσφαλην (Tdf.7ἀσφαλην; cf. Tdf. at the passage; Delitzsch, commentary at the passage) see ἄρσην). Tropically, certain, true: Acts 25:26; τό ἀσφαλές, Acts 21:34; Acts 22:30.
b. suited to confirm: τίνι, Philippians 3:1 (so Josephus, Antiquities 3, 2, 1).