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Koine Greek wordlink #146163

SR GNT Heb 13:9 βεβαιοῦσθαι (bebaiousthai) ‘good it_is for by grace to_be_being confirmed the heart not’ Strongs=9500 Lemma=bebaioō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=passive
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form βεβαιοῦσθαι (V-NPP····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βεβαιοῦσθαι’ (V-NPP····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be_being confirmed’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘bebaioō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘being confirmed’, ‘to confirm’, ‘to_be_being confirmed’, ‘was confirmed’, ‘will_be confirming’, ‘confirming’.

Greek words (11) other than βεβαιοῦσθαι (V-NPP····) with a gloss related to ‘confirmed’

Have 11 other words (ἐβεβαιώθη, βέβαιος, βεβαίαν, βεβαία, βεβαίαν, κεκυρωμένην, βεβαίαν, βεβαία, ἐβεβαιώθη, βεβαίαν, βεβαιούμενοι) with 3 lemmas altogether (bebaios, bebaioō, kuroō)

ROM 4:16 βεβαίαν (bebaian) S-AFS Lemma=bebaios ‘in_order that to_be confirmed the promise to all’ SR GNT Rom 4:16 word 12

OET-LV: 16 Because _of this is of faith, in _order _that according _to grace, in _order that to _be confirmed, the promise to _all the seed, not to _the seed of the law only, but also to _the seed of the_faith of _Abraʼam, who is the_father of _all of _us, (ROM_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 Because of this, the promise to the descendants is by faith—given not only to the ‘descendants of the law’ but also to the ‘descendants of Abraham’s faith’. This promise is given by grace and has been confirmed, (ROM 4:16)

1 COR 1:6 ἐβεβαιώθη (ebebaiōthaʸ) V-IAP3··S ‘testimony of the chosen_one/messiah was confirmed in you_all’ SR GNT 1 Cor 1:6 word 7

OET-LV: 6 as the testimony of _the chosen _one /messiah was _confirmed in you _all, (CO1_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 as our testimony about the messiah was confirmed in you all (CO1 1:6)

2 COR 1:7 βεβαία (bebaia) S-NFS Lemma=bebaios ‘the hope of us confirmed for you_all having known’ SR GNT 2 Cor 1:7 word 6

OET-LV: 7 And the hope of _us confirmed for you _all, having _known that as partners you _all _are of _the sufferings, thus also of _the comfort. (CO2_1:7)

OET-RV: 7 We have confident expectations for you all because we know that you are partners in suffering, and hence also in comfort. (CO2 1:7)

GAL 3:15 κεκυρωμένην (kekurōmenaʸn) V-PEP·AFS Lemma=kuroō ‘I am speaking likewise of a human having_been confirmed a covenant no_one is rejecting’ SR GNT Gal 3:15 word 9

OET-LV: 15 Brothers, I _am _speaking according _to human _origin. Likewise a_covenant of_a_human having _been _confirmed, no _one is _rejecting or is _adding _conditions. (GAL_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 Brothers and sisters, consider our human ways: once an agreement has been accepted, one party can’t just reject it or add conditions. (GAL 3:15)

COL 2:7 βεβαιούμενοι (bebaioumenoi) V-PPP·NMP ‘in him and being confirmed in the faith as’ SR GNT Col 2:7 word 7

OET-LV: 7 having _been _rooted and being _built _up in him, and being _confirmed in _the faith, as you _all _were _taught, being _plentiful in thanksgiving. (COL_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 You’ve already been rooted in him and then built up and confirmed in the faith just as all of you were taught, and been very thankful. (COL 2:7)

HEB 2:2 βέβαιος (bebaios) S-NMS Lemma=bebaios ‘having_been spoken message became confirmed and every transgression’ SR GNT Heb 2:2 word 9

OET-LV: 2 For/Because if the by messengers having _been _spoken message became confirmed, and every transgression and disobedience received a_just penalty, (HEB_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 Because if the message that was brought by the messengers is confirmed and so every transgression and act of disobedience received the appropriate penalty, (HEB 2:2)

HEB 2:3 ἐβεβαιώθη (ebebaiōthaʸ) V-IAP3··S ‘having heard to us was confirmed’ SR GNT Heb 2:3 word 20

OET-LV: 3 how we will _be _escaping of _so _great having _neglected a_salvation? Which a_beginning having _received, to _be _being _spoken by the master, by the ones having _heard to us was _confirmed, (HEB_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 how will we escape punishment if we neglect such a great offer of salvation. This salvation was first heard when spoken about by the master and then others who heard confirmed it to us (HEB 2:3)

HEB 3:14 βεβαίαν (bebaian) S-AFS Lemma=bebaios ‘assurance until the end confirmed we may retain’ SR GNT Heb 3:14 word 15

OET-LV: 14 For/Because partakers of _the chosen _one /messiah we _have _become, if _indeed the beginning of _the assurance, until the_end confirmed we _may _retain. (HEB_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 because we are now partakers of the messiah if we can retain until the end the assurance that we had at the beginning. (HEB 3:14)

HEB 6:19 βεβαίαν (bebaian) S-AFS Lemma=bebaios ‘certain both and confirmed and coming_in into’ SR GNT Heb 6:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 which as an_anchor we _are _having of _the soul, certain both and confirmed, and coming _in into the inner side of _the curtain, (HEB_6:19)

OET-RV: 19 That hope is an anchor for our souls, being both certain and confirmed, and it will bring us inside the temple curtain (HEB 6:19)

HEB 9:17 βεβαία (bebaia) S-NFS Lemma=bebaios ‘for with dead bodies confirmed is because never it is being_effective’ SR GNT Heb 9:17 word 5

OET-LV: 17 For/Because a_covenant with dead bodies confirmed is, because never it _is _being _effective, when is _living the one having _covenanted it. (HEB_9:17)

OET-RV: 17 because this type of agreement doesn’t come into effect if the person who made it is still living, but only when they’re confirmed as dead, (HEB 9:17)

2 PET 1:10 βεβαίαν (bebaian) S-AFS Lemma=bebaios ‘rather brothers be_earnest confirmed of you_all the calling’ SR GNT 2 Pet 1:10 word 11

OET-LV: 10 Therefore brothers rather, be _earnest, to _be _making the calling and choice of _you _all confirmed, because/for practicing these things by _no _means you _all _may_ not _stumble once. (PE2_1:10)

OET-RV: 10 So then fellow Christians, work hard to make your calling and election certain—that way you will never fall away— (PE2 1:10)

Key: S=substantive adjective V=verb AFS=accusative,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular