2001 Translation

ASPHALŌS, asphalōs

Sounds Like: as-fa-LOHS

Translations: safely, securely, certainly, surely, without fail

From the root: ἈΣΦΑΛΗΣ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'safely,' 'securely,' 'certainly,' or 'surely.' It describes an action or state that is free from danger, risk, or doubt. It can be used to emphasize the certainty or reliability of something, or to indicate that an action is performed in a secure manner.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G0806 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:46, 1:312

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 3:106
• Book 5 — 1:5
• Book 13 — 1:26, 7:87, 15:400
• Book 14 — 10:233
• Book 15 — 10:362

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 14:17, 17:1
• Book Three — 7:43
• Book Seven — 11:10

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 24:118

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 34:25
• Tobit — 6:5
• 1 Maccabees — 6:40
• 3 Maccabees — 7:6
• Wisdom — 18:6
• Baruch — 5:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Mark — 14:44
• Acts — 2:36, 16:23

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
• 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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