Word Summary
bebaioō: to confirm, secure
Original Word: βεβαιόωTransliteration: bebaioō
Phonetic Spelling: (beb-ah-yo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to confirm, secure
Meaning: to confirm, secure
Strong's Concordance
confirm, establish.
From bebaios; to stabilitate (figuratively) -- confirm, (e-)stablish.
see GREEK bebaios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 950: βεβαιόωβεβαιόω,
βεβαιω; future
βεβαιώσω; 1 aorist
ἐβεβαιωσα; passive (present
βεβαιοῦμαι); 1 aorist
ἐβεβαιωθην; (
βέβαιος);
to make firm, establish, confirm, make sure:
τόν λόγον, to prove its truth and divinity,
Mark 16:20;
τάς ἐπαγγελίας make good the promises by the event, i. e. fulfil them,
Romans 15:8 (so also in Greek writings as
Diodorus 1, 5); passive:
τό μαρτύριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
1 Corinthians 1:6;
ἡ σωτηρία ...
εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐβεβαιώθη,
a constructio praegnans (
Winer's Grammar, § 66, 2 d.) which may be resolved into
εἰς ἡμᾶς παρεδόθη καί ἐν ἡμῖν βέβαιος ἐγένετο,
Hebrews 2:3 cf.
Hebrews 2:2; see
βέβαιος. of men made steadfast and constant in soul:
Hebrews 13:9;
1 Corinthians 1:8 (
βεβαιώσει ὑμᾶς ἀνεγκλήτους will so confirm you that ye may be unreprovable (
Winer's Grammar, § 59, 6 at the end));
2 Corinthians 1:21 (
βεβαιῶν ἡμᾶς εἰς Χριστόν, causing us to be steadfast in our fellowship with Christ; cf. Meyer at the passage);
ἐν τῇ πίστει,
Colossians 2:7 (
L T Tr WH omit
ἐν). (In Greek writings from
Thucydides and
Plato down.) (Compare:
διαβεβαιωμαι.)