Greek verb · G950
βεβαιόω
bebaioobeb-ah-yo'-o
to confirm
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bebaióō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G950is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G950
to stabilitate (figuratively)
The King James renders it: confirm, (e-)stablish.
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
bebaioo is rendered "to confirm". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 15:8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
Romans 15:8βεβαιῶσαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's seven uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- being strengthened in1
- establishing1
- it was confirmed1
- to be strengthened1
- to confirm1
- was confirmed1
- will sustain1
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 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- ἐβεβαιώθη2
- βεβαιούμενοι1
- βεβαιοῦσθαι1
- βεβαιῶν1
- βεβαιῶσαι1
- βεβαιώσει1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-API-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PPP-NPM
Romans
one use
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
- βεβαιῶσαιbebaiosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to confirm
1 Corinthians
two uses
because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
- ἐβεβαιώθηebebaiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was confirmed
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- βεβαιώσειbebaioseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will sustain
2 Corinthians
one use
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
- βεβαιῶνbebaionverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: establishing
Colossians
one use
rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
- βεβαιούμενοιbebaioumenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being strengthened in
Hebrews
two uses
how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
- ἐβεβαιώθηebebaiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was confirmed
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
- βεβαιοῦσθαιbebaiousthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be strengthened
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.