King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G805
Transliteration: asphalizō
Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make firm, secure
Meaning: to make firm, secure
ἀσφαλίζω: 1 aorist passive infinitive ἀσφαλισθῆναι; 1 aorist middle ἠσφαλισάμην; (ἀσφαλής); especially frequent from Polybius down; "to make firm: to make secure against harm; passive to be made secure": Matthew 27:64 (ὁ τάφος) (Buttmann, 52 (46)); middle, properly, to make secure for oneself or for one's own advantage (often in Polybius): Matthew 27:65f; to make fast τούς πόδας εἰς τό ξύλον, Acts 16:24 (Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d.; Buttmann, § 147, 8).
Word Summary
asphalizō: to make firm, secure
Original Word: ἀσφαλίζωTransliteration: asphalizō
Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make firm, secure
Meaning: to make firm, secure
Strong's Concordance
make fast, secure. From asphales; to render secure -- make fast (sure).
see GREEK asphales
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 805: ἀσφαλίζωἀσφαλίζω: 1 aorist passive infinitive ἀσφαλισθῆναι; 1 aorist middle ἠσφαλισάμην; (ἀσφαλής); especially frequent from Polybius down; "to make firm: to make secure against harm; passive to be made secure": Matthew 27:64 (ὁ τάφος) (Buttmann, 52 (46)); middle, properly, to make secure for oneself or for one's own advantage (often in Polybius): Matthew 27:65f; to make fast τούς πόδας εἰς τό ξύλον, Acts 16:24 (Winers Grammar, § 66, 2 d.; Buttmann, § 147, 8).