What does ἀσάλευτος (asáleutos) mean in the Bible?
ἀσάλευτος (asáleutos): Stability that cannot be shaken or moved, used of faith and kingdom permanence in NT theology.
Greek · G761
ἀσάλευτος
ἀσάλευτος (asáleutos): Stability that cannot be shaken or moved, used of faith and kingdom permanence in NT theology.
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ἀσάλευτοςG761
Pronunciationasáleutos
What does ἀσάλευτος (asáleutos) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G761?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] would not move (1), an unshakable (1).
Where does ἀσάλευτος (asáleutos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:41. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Hebrews (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[and] would not move1×Acts 27:41
an unshakable1×Hebrews 12:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 27:41
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Acts1Hebrews1
Source forms
ἀσάλευτον1xasaleutonHebrews 12:28
ἀσάλευτος1xasaleutosActs 27:41
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular1xHebrews 12:28
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular1xActs 27:41
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Stability that cannot be shaken or moved, used of faith and kingdom permanence in NT theology.
Strong'sG761
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkHebrews 12:25-29Source Gloss
unshakable
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 27:41Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀσάλευτος,asaleutov
unshaken, immovable
Read verseHebrews 12:28Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀσάλευτονasaleuton
unshaken, immovable
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineActs 27:411×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineHeb 12:281×
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New Testament Witnesses
unshakable
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Word Origins
ἀσάλευτος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Describes the permanent nature of God's kingdom.Hebrews 12:25-29
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