STRONGS G804:
ἀσφαλής,
-ές, (
σφάλλω to make to totter or fall, to cheat [cf. Latin
fallo, German
fallen, etc., English
fall, fail],
σφάλλομαι to fall, to reel) [from Homer down];
a. firm (that can be relied on, confided in):
ἄγκυρα,
Hebrews 6:19 (where L, and Tr have received as the form of accusative singular
ἀσφαλήν [
Tdf. 7
-λῆν; cf.
Tdf. at the passage;
Delitzsch, commentary at the passage] see
ἄρσην). tropically,
certain, true:
Acts 25:26;
τὸ ἀσφαλές,
Acts 21:34;
Acts 22:30.
b. suited to confirm:
τινί,
Philippians 3:1 (so Josephus, Antiquities 3, 2, 1).
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