Greek adjective · G804
ἀσφαλής
asphalesas-fal-ace'
secure
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: asphalḗs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G804is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G804
secure (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: certain(-ty), safe, sure.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
asphales is rendered "secure". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 21:34Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
Acts 21:34ἀσφαλὲς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- definite1
- facts1
- for certain1
- safe1
- sure1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀσφαλές2
- ἀσφαλὲς1
- ἀσφαλές.¶1
- ἀσφαλῆ1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular3A-ASN
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular1A-ASF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1A-NSN
Acts
three uses
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
- ἀσφαλὲςasphalesadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: facts
The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
- ἀσφαλέςasphalesadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: for certain
I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
- ἀσφαλέςasphalesadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: definite
Philippians
one use
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
- ἀσφαλές.¶asphalesadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: safe
Hebrews
one use
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
- ἀσφαλῆasphaleadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: sure
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.