Firm
βέβαιοςStrong’s G0949bebaios
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Bebaios is the Greek word usually translated “sure”, “unshakable” and “unalterable”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:”
Meaning
Usually translated “sure”, “unshakable” and “unalterable”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sure 2
- unshakable 2
- unalterable 1
- firm 1
- affirmed 1
- more certain 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 5
- 2 Peter 2
- Romans 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 1:19In contextWe have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
- Romans 4:16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
- Hebrews 2:2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
- Hebrews 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
- Hebrews 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
- Hebrews 6:19Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
Greek dictionary
βέβαιος bebaios · firm
βέβαιος, -ον (also -α, -ον; βαίνω), [in LXX: Est.3:13, Wis.7:23, 3Ma.5:31 7:7, 4Ma.17:4 * ;] firm, secure: ἄγκυρα, Heb.6:19; metaphorically, sure (esp. "in the sense of legally guaranteed security," Deiss., BS, 109; cf . two foll. words): ἐπαγγελία, Rom.4:16; ἐλπίς, 2Co.1:6; λόγος, Heb.2:2; παρρησία, Heb.3:6; ἀρχή (τ. ὑποστάσεως), Heb.3:14; διαθήκη, Heb.9:17; κλῆσις κ. ἐκλογή, 2Pe.1:10; comp. (-ότερος), προφητικὸς λόγος, 2Pe.1:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “firm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FIRM, adjective
ferm. [Latin firmus. This is the root of Latin ferrum, iron.]
- Properly, fixed; hence, applied to the matter of bodies, it signifies closely compressed; compact; hard; solid; as firm flesh; firm muscles; some species of wood are more firm than others; a cloth of firm texture.
- Fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily moved; as a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent or supporter; a firm man, or a man of firm resolution.
- Solid; not giving way; opposed to fluid; as firm land.
All definitions and other forms of “firm”
FIRM, noun
ferm. A partnership or house; or the name or title under which a company transact business; as the firm of Hope _ Co.
FIRM, verb transitive
ferm. [Latin firmo.] To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.