1226. diabebaioomai

Strong's Lexicon

diabebaioomai: To affirm strongly, to assert confidently, to declare emphatically.

Original Word: διαβεβαιόομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: diabebaioomai
Pronunciation: dee-ab-eb-ah-YO-oh-my
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ab-eb-ahee-o'-om-ahee)
Definition: To affirm strongly, to assert confidently, to declare emphatically.
Meaning: I assert emphatically.

Word Origin: From the Greek preposition "διά" (dia, meaning "through" or "thoroughly") and the verb "βεβαιόω" (bebaioo, meaning "to confirm" or "to establish").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for διαβεβαιόομαι, the concept of affirming or establishing truth can be related to Hebrew words like "אָמַן" (aman, Strong's H539), which means to confirm or support.

Usage: The verb διαβεβαιόομαι is used in the New Testament to convey a strong affirmation or emphatic declaration. It implies a sense of certainty and confidence in the statement being made. This term is often used in contexts where the speaker is asserting the truth of a matter with conviction.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, rhetoric and the art of persuasion were highly valued. The use of strong affirmations was common in legal, philosophical, and public discourse to persuade audiences and establish credibility. In the context of the New Testament, such affirmations were important for the early Christian community to assert the truth of the Gospel message amidst opposition and skepticism.

HELPS Word-studies

1226 diabebaióomai (from 1223 /diá, "all the way through, thoroughly," which intensifies 950 /bebaióō, "make sure, confirm") – properly, "emphatically assert"; "confidently affirm" (Abbott-Smith).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from dia and bebaioó
Definition
to affirm confidently
NASB Translation
make confident assertions (1), speak confidently (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1226: διαβεβαιοομαι

διαβεβαιοομαι (διαβεβαιοῦμαι); middle to affirm strongly, assert confidently, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 253 (238)): περί τινο (Polybius 12, 11 (12), 6), 1 Timothy 1:7 (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 167); Titus 3:8. (Demosthenes, p. 220, 4; Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Aelian)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

affirm constantly.

Middle voice of a compound of dia and bebaioo; to confirm thoroughly (by words), i.e. Asseverate -- affirm constantly.

see GREEK dia

see GREEK bebaioo

Forms and Transliterations

διαβεβαιουνται διαβεβαιούνται διαβεβαιοῦνται διαβεβαιουσθαι διαβεβαιούσθαι διαβεβαιοῦσθαι διαβήματα διαβήματά διαβιασάμενοι διαβιβάζων διαβιβάσαι διαβιβάσετε διαβιβάσης διαβιώση διεβίβασαν διεβίβασε διεβίβασεν diabebaiountai diabebaioûntai diabebaiousthai diabebaioûsthai

Englishman's Concordance

1 Timothy 1:7 V-PIM/P-3P
GRK: περὶ τίνων διαβεβαιοῦνται
NAS: which they make confident assertions.
KJV: nor whereof they affirm.
INT: concerning what they strongly affirm

Titus 3:8 V-PNM/P
GRK: βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι ἵνα φροντίζωσιν
NAS: I want you to speak confidently, so
KJV: that thou affirm constantly, that
INT: I desire you to affirm strongly that might take care

Strong's Greek 1226
2 Occurrences

διαβεβαιοῦνται — 1 Occ.
διαβεβαιοῦσθαι — 1 Occ.