ἈΣΦΑΛΗ, ἀσφαλη
ASPHALĒ, asphalē
Sounds Like: as-fa-LAY
Translations: safe, secure, certain, sure, firm, a safe, a secure
From the root: ἈΣΦΑΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is safe, secure, or firm, implying stability and reliability. It can refer to a physical place or object that is secure, or to a concept or statement that is certain and trustworthy. It is often used to describe a foundation, a path, or knowledge that is dependable.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0786 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 12:211
- Book 8 — 5:133
- Book 11 — 4:98
- Book 13 — 9:266
- Book 14 — 9:160, 13:359
- Book 16 — 2:15
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 8:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 52:269
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 6:19
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
- 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
- ΤἈΣΦΑΛΕΣ — safe, secure, certain, sure, reliable, steadfast, a safe thing, that which is safe
- ΤἈΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ — secure, safe, certain, steadfast, sure, firm, trustworthy, of the secure, of the safe
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