Original Word: ἀσφάλεια, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: asphaleia
Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal'-i-ah)
Short Definition: safety, security, reliability
Definition: safety, security, reliability, firmness.

Cognate: 803 aspháleia (from 1 /A "not" and sphallō, "totter") – firmness that equates to security.

STRONGS NT 803: ἀσφάλεια

ἀσφάλεια, ἀσφαλείας, ἡ (ἀσφαλής) (from Aeschylus down);

a. firmness, stability: ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφάλεια most securely, Acts 5:23. tropically, certainty, undoubted truth: λόγων (see λόγος, I. 7), Luke 1:4 (τοῦ λόγου, the certainty of a proof, Xenophon, mem. 4, 6, 15).

b. security from enemies and dangers, safety: 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (opposed to κίνδυνος, Xenophon, mem. 3, 12, 7).

certainty, safety.

From asphales; security (literally or figuratively) -- certainty, safety.

see GREEK asphales

ασφαλεια ασφαλεία ασφάλεια ἀσφαλείᾳ ἀσφάλεια ασφαλειαν ασφάλειαν ἀσφάλειαν ασφαλείας asphaleia aspháleia asphaleíāi asphaleian aspháleianInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts