ΤἈΣΦΑΛΟΥΣ, τἀσφαλους
TASPHALOUS, tasphalous
Sounds Like: tas-fa-LOOS
Translations: secure, safe, certain, steadfast, sure, firm, trustworthy, of the secure, of the safe
From the root: ἈΣΦΑΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a crasis (contraction) of the neuter plural definite article 'τὰ' (ta) and the genitive singular form 'ἀσφαλοῦς' (asphalous) of the adjective 'ἀσφαλής' (asphalēs). It refers to something that is secure, safe, or certain. When used as a substantive, it can mean 'the secure things' or 'the things that are safe/certain'. It describes a state of stability or reliability.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural (from 'τὰ'), Genitive, Singular (from 'ἀσφαλοῦς')
Strong’s number: G804 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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
- ΤἈΣΦΑΛΕΣ — safe, secure, certain, sure, reliable, steadfast, a safe thing, that which is safe
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