ΤἈΣΦΑΛΕΣ, τἀσφαλες
TASPHALES, tasphales
Sounds Like: tas-fah-LES
Translations: safe, secure, certain, sure, reliable, steadfast, a safe thing, that which is safe
From the root: ἈΣΦΑΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'safe,' 'secure,' 'certain,' or 'reliable.' It describes something that is firm, stable, or not liable to fall or fail. The form ΤἈΣΦΑΛΕΣ is a crasis, combining the neuter definite article ΤΆ (ta) with the adjective ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣ (asphales), which is the neuter nominative or accusative singular form of ἈΣΦΑΛΗΣ. Thus, it translates to 'the safe thing' or 'that which is safe/certain.' It can be used to refer to a state of security or a reliable fact.
Inflection: Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Singular (as a crasis of ΤΆ + ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣ)
Strong’s number: G804 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΦΑΛΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΦΑΛ — safe, secure, certain, sure, firm, steadfast, safely, securely, certainly, surely
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΙΣ — safe, secure, certain, sure, steadfast, trustworthy, a safe, a secure
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣ — safe, secure, certain, sure, a safe thing, a certain thing
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΑΤΑ — most safely, most securely, most certainly, most surely
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΑ — safer, more secure, more certain, more trustworthy
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΑΝ — safer, more secure, more certain, a safer, a more secure, a more certain
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΑΣ — (of) safer, (of) more secure, (of) more certain, (of) more steadfast
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — safer, more secure, more certain, more steadfast
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΩ — safer, more secure, more certain, to a safer, in a safer, for a safer
- ἈΣΦΑΛΕΣΤΕΡΩΝ — of safer, of more secure, of more certain, of more steadfast
- ἈΣΦΑΛΗ — safe, secure, certain, sure, firm, a safe, a secure
- ἈΣΦΑΛΗΣ — safe, secure, certain, sure, firm, steadfast, a safe, a secure
- ἈΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ — (of) safe, (of) secure, (of) certain, (of) sure, (of) steadfast, (of) reliable
- ἈΣΦΑΛΩΣ — safely, securely, certainly, surely, without fail
- ΤἈΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ — secure, safe, certain, steadfast, sure, firm, trustworthy, of the secure, of the safe
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