What does ἀσφάλεια (aspháleia) mean in the Bible?
ἀσφάλεια (aspháleia): Certainty or security rooted in objective firmness rather than subjective confidence or feeling
Greek · G803
ἀσφάλεια
Security (literally or figuratively)
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ἀσφάλειαG803
Pronunciationaspháleia
What does ἀσφάλεια (aspháleia) mean in the Bible?
ἀσφάλεια (aspháleia): Certainty or security rooted in objective firmness rather than subjective confidence or feeling
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G803?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include certainty (1), securely (1), security (1).
Where does ἀσφάλεια (aspháleia) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:4. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Thessalonians (1), Acts (1), Luke (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 Itcertainty1×Luke 1:4
securely1×Acts 5:23
security1×1 Thessalonians 5:3
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Usage map
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First aligned rowLuke 1:4
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Luke1Acts11 Thessalonians1
Source forms
ἀσφαλείᾳ1xasphaleiaActs 5:23
ἀσφάλεια1xasphaleia1 Thessalonians 5:3
ἀσφάλειαν1xasphaleianLuke 1:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xLuke 1:4
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular1xActs 5:23
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1x1 Thessalonians 5:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Certainty or security rooted in objective firmness rather than subjective confidence or feeling
Strong'sG803
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
security (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition
Certainty or security rooted in objective firmness rather than subjective confidence or feeling
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-SmithGreek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:4Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀσφάλειαν.asfaleian
safety, security, reliability
Read verseActs 5:23Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀσφαλείᾳ,asfaleia
safety, security, reliability
Read verse1 Thessalonians 5:3Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀσφάλεια,asfaleia
safety, security, reliability
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 patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine1 Thess 5:31×
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 5:231×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineLuke 1:41×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 1:1–4ἀσφάλειανaspháleia
Certainty, reliability
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀσφάλεια is built from this root: