What does πληροφορία (plērophoría) mean in the Bible?
πληροφορία (plērophoría): Full assurance grounded in complete persuasion, not mere opinion or uncertainty
Greek · G4136
πληροφορία
Entire confidence
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πληροφορία G4136
Pronunciation plērophoría
What does πληροφορία (plērophoría) mean in the Bible?
πληροφορία (plērophoría): Full assurance grounded in complete persuasion, not mere opinion or uncertainty
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4136?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include conviction (1), full assurance (1), of complete (1), sure (1).
Where does πληροφορία (plērophoría) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 2:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), 1 Thessalonians (1), Colossians (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 conviction 1× 1 Thessalonians 1:5
full assurance 1× Hebrews 10:22
of complete 1× Colossians 2:2
sure 1× Hebrews 6:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Colossians 2:2
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Colossians 1 1 Thessalonians 1 Hebrews 2
Source forms
πληροφορίᾳ 2x plērophoria 1 Thessalonians 1:5, Hebrews 10:22
πληροφορίαν 1x plērophorian Hebrews 6:11
πληροφορίας 1x plērophorias Colossians 2:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x 1 Thessalonians 1:5, Hebrews 10:22
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 6:11
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Colossians 2:2
Evidence Summary
Revelation
Greek word. Full assurance grounded in complete persuasion, not mere opinion or uncertainty
Strong's G4136
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Colossians 2:1–5 Source Gloss
entire confidence
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Colossians 2:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πληροφορίας plhroforiav
full assurance
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πληροφορίᾳ plhroforia
full assurance
Read verse Hebrews 6:11 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πληροφορίαν plhroforian
full assurance
Read verse Hebrews 10:22 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πληροφορίᾳ plhroforia
full assurance
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Col 2:2 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 1 Thess 1:5 · Heb 10:22 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 6:11 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
full assurance
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πληροφορία is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Indicates settled conviction rooted in revealed truth. Colossians 2:1–5
Canonical Themes
Revelation
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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