What does διαβεβαιόομαι (diabebaióomai) mean in the Bible?
διαβεβαιόομαι (diabebaióomai) is a Greek word meaning "to insist".
Greek · G1226
διαβεβαιόομαι
To insist
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διαβεβαιόομαι G1226
Pronunciation diabebaióomai
What does διαβεβαιόομαι (diabebaióomai) mean in the Bible?
διαβεβαιόομαι (diabebaióomai) is a Greek word meaning "to insist".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1226?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include they so confidently assert (1), to emphasize (1).
Where does διαβεβαιόομαι (diabebaióomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 1:7. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Titus (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It they so confidently assert 1× 1 Timothy 1:7
to emphasize 1× Titus 3:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Timothy 1:7
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
1 Timothy 1 Titus 1
Source forms
διαβεβαιοῦνται 1x diabebaiountai 1 Timothy 1:7
διαβεβαιοῦσθαι 1x diabebaiousthai Titus 3:8
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x 1 Timothy 1:7
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive 1x Titus 3:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to insist
Source Gloss
to insist
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 1:7 Verb Third Person Plural Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
διαβεβαιοῦνται. diabebaiountai
I assert emphatically
Read verse Titus 3:8 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Infinitive
διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, diabebaiousqai
I assert emphatically
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2
Voice
middle 2
Mood
indicative 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
διαβεβαιόομαι is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain