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Strong's G949 · Greek

βέβαιος

bebaios · beb'-ah-yos

from the base of 939 (through the idea of basality); stable (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

βέβαιος (G949)

8 ** βέβαιος , -ον (also -α, -ον ; βαίνω ), [in LXX: Es 3:13 , Wi 7:23 , III Mac 5:31 7:7 , IV Mac 17:4 *;] firm , secure : ἄγκυρα , He 6:19 ; metaph., sure (esp. "in the sense of legally guaranteed security," Deiss., BS , 109; cf . two foll. words): ἐπαγγελία , Ro 4:16 ; ἐλπίς , II Co 1:6 ; λόγος , He 2:2 ; παρρησία , He 3:6 ; ἀρχή ( τ. ὑποστάσεως ), He 3:14 ; διαθήκη , He 9:17 ; κλῆσις κ. ἐκλογή , II Pe 1:10 ; comp. ( -ότερος ), προφητικὸς λόγος , II Pe 1:19 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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