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Confirmation

βεβαίωσιςStrong’s G0951

bebaiōsis

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Bebaiōsis is the Greek word usually translated “confirmation”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.”
Philippians 1:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “confirmation”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • in confirmation 1
  • confirmation 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Philippians 1
  • Hebrews 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

βεβαίωσις bebaiōsis · confirmation

βεβαίωσις, -εως, ἡ (βεβαιόω, which see), [in LXX: Lev.25:23 (צְמִיתֻת), Wis.6:19 * ;] confirmation: τ. εὐαγγελίου, Php.1:7; εἰς β., Heb.6:16, a phrase frequently in π. of guarantee in a business transaction (Deiss., BS, 104ff.; Cremer, 140).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “confirmation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CONFIRMATION, noun

  1. The act of confirming or establishing; a fixing, settling, establishing or making more certain or firm; establishment.“In the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye are all partakers of my grace” Philippians 1:7
  2. The act of ratifying; as the confirmation of a promise, covenant, or stipulation.
  3. The act of giving new strength; as the confirmation of health.
  4. The act of giving new evidence; as the confirmation of opinion or report.
All definitions
  1. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony; as, this fact or this argument is a confirmation of what was before alleged.
  2. In law, an assurance of title, by the conveyance of an estate or right in esse, from one man to another, by which a voidable estate is made sure or unavoidable, or a particular estate is increased, or a possession made perfect.
  3. In church affairs, the act of ratifying the election of an archbishop or bishop, by the king, or by persons of his appointment.
  4. The act or ceremony of laying on of hands, in the admission of baptized person to the enjoyment of Christian privileges.

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.