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Strong's #950 - βεβαιόω
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- to make firm, establish, confirm, make sure
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βεβαι-όω,
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1. confirm, establish, make good, τοῖς δικασταῖς τὴν δόξαν Pl. Cri. 53b; δωρεὰν Isaiah 1:18; εἴτε δεξιὰς δοῖεν ἐβεβαίουν X. Cyr. 8.8.2, etc.; ἔργῳ βεβαιούμενα, opp. ἀκοῇ λεγόμενα, Th. 1.23; β. λόγον make good one's word, Lys. 20.32; β. τὴν πρᾶξιν X. An. 7.6.17; treat as valid, τὰς αὑτῶν αἰσθήσεις Metrod. 1, cf. Epicur. Sent. 24; β. τινί τι secure one the possession of a thing, οὐδ' ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς βεβαιοῦμεν [τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ] Th. 1.122; τοῖς θεοῖς βεβαιοῦντες τοὺς νόμους οὒς ἐψηφίσασθε Lys. 6.29, cf. D. 21.30; τὴν ἀρχήν τινι Plu. Sull. 22; τὸν λόγον Mark 16:20 : — Med., establish for oneself, secure, σφᾶς αὐτούς Th. 1.33; τὴν ἀρχήν, τὴν φιλίαν τινός, Id. 6.10, 78; β. τινάς confirm them in one's interest, ib. 34; βασιλείαν Paus. 3.11.4; τὰ περὶ τῆς βοηθείας Plb. 2.51.5.
2. Med., secure one's ground in argument, Pl. Tht. 169e; confirm oneself in an opinion, Id. Grg. 489a, Prt. 348d.
3. guarantee the validity of a purchase, warrant the purchaser's title, β. τινὶ τὸ βαλανεῖον Isaiah 5:23, cf. Din. 1.42, D. 37.12, SIG 46.4 (Halic., v B. C.); τὴν μίσθωσιν BGU 1119.47 (i B. C.): generally, β. τοὺς κανόνας Arr. Epict. 2.11.24.
II intr., determine, show itself positively, τοῖσιν ἐνδοιαστῶς ἔχουσι.. ἐβεβαίωσε [ἡ νοῦσος ] Hp. Epid. 1.2.
βεβαιόω, 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.)
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βεβαιόω , -ῶ
(< βέβαιος ),
[in LXX: Psalms 41:12 (H5324 hi.), Psalms 119:28 (H6965 pi.), 3 Maccabees 5:42*;]
to confirm, establish, secure, of things (cl.): λόγον , Mark 16:20; ἐπαγγελίας , Romans 15:8; of persons (DCG, ii, 605): 1 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Corinthians 1:21. Pass., 1 Corinthians 1:6, Colossians 2:7, Hebrews 2:3; Hebrews 13:9 (as an Attic legal term, to guarantee the validity of a purchase, establish or confirm a title; v. next word, Cremer, 139; cf. δια -β .).†
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The verb is very common in the juristic sense noted under βέβαιος : see e.g. P Petr III. 74(a)8 βεβαιώσω σοι , ";I shall give you a guarantee,"; P Amh II. 95.10 (A.D. 109) ἐὰν δὲ ἐ ]πέλθ [ω ἢ μὴ β ]εβα [ιώσω ἥ τ᾽ ἔφο ]δος [ἄκυρος ἔ ]στ [ω , ";if I make a claim or fail to guarantee the sale, the claim shall be invalid"; (Edd.), P Fay 92.19 (A.D. 126) βεβαιώσ ̣ιν πά [σ ]ῃ βεβαιώσι , ";will guarantee the sale with every guarantee."; Note also the recurrent formula in which a vendor promises βεβαιοῦν καὶ πάντα τὸν ἐπελευσόμενον ἀποστήσειν παραχρῆμα τοῖς ἰδίοις δαπανήμασιν : so BGU IV. 1131.25 (B.C. 13) etc. Hence it is that Paul, associating β . with another legal term ἀρραβών (see s.v.), the guaranteeing the delivery of something of which the earnest has already been paid, can describe the relation of God to believers in 2 Corinthians 1:21 f. : Deissmann BS, p. 230, quotes BGU II. 446.18 (A.D. 158–9) (= Chrest. II. p. 295) στερίκεθαι (i.e. στερίσκεσθαι ) αὐτὸν τοῦ ἀραβῶνος , ἔτι δὲ καὶ βεβαιώσιν (fut. inf.) αὐτὴν Σωτηρίαν τὰ κατὰ τ [αύτην τὴν ὁμολογίαν πάσῃ βεβαιώσει . For the possibly weaker sense of ";accomplish,"; ";fulfil"; in Romans 15:8 Rouffiac (p. 48) cites Priene 123.9, where a magistrate, having promised on entering on office to make a distribution of beef, ἐβεβαίωσεν δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν παραστή [σ ]ας μὲν τοῖς ἐντεμενίοις θεοῖς τὴν θυσίαν , ";fulfilled his promise by making a sacrifice to the gods (and distributing the flesh to those entered on the list)."; Cf. BGU IV. 1073.13 (A.D. 275) (= Chrest. II. p. 219) καὶ κατὰ τὰ εἰθισμένα προσκυνήσαντες τὰ δ ̣εῖα (l. θεῖα ) ἔτι μᾶλλον ταῦτα αὐτῷ ἐβεβαιώσαμεν . Another instance of a less technical use is in P Oxy VIII. 1119.17 (A.D. 254) διαδεξάμ ]ενοι τὴν βασιλείαν τὴν ὑπάρχου [σ ]αν ἡμεῖν καὶ ἐν τούτου ἄδιαν ἐ [βεβ ]α ̣ίωσαν πολλάκις , ";[Hadrian’s] successors on the throne often confirmed our immunity in this respect"; (Ed.).
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