to confirm

Greek Verb

βεβαιόω, -ῶ (βέβαιος), [in LXX: Ps 40 (41)12 (נצב hi.), 118 (119)28 (קוּם pi.), 3Ma.5:42 *;] to confirm, establish, secure, of things (cl.): λόγον, Mk 16:[20]; ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.15:8; of persons (DCG, ii, 605): 1Co.1:8, 2Co.1:21. Pass, 1Co.1:6, Col.2:7, Heb.2:3 13:9 (as an Attic legal term, to guarantee the validity of a purchase, establish or confirm a title; see next word, Cremer, 139; cf. δια-β.). (AS)

to confirm

Greek Verb

βεβαι-όω, confirm, establish, make good, τοῖς δικασταῖς τὴν δόξαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔργῳ βεβαιούμενα, opposed to ἀκοῇ λεγόμενα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. λόγον make good one's word, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; treat as valid, τὰς αὑτῶν αἰσθήσεις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; β. τινί τι secure one the possession of a thing, οὐδ᾽ ἡμῖν αὐτοῖς βεβαιοῦμεν [τὴν ἐλευθερίαν] [NT+5th c.BC+]:—middle, establish for oneself, secure, σφᾶς αὐτούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἀρχήν, τὴν φιλίαν τινός, [Refs]; β. τινάς confirm them in one's interest,[Refs 2nd c.BC+] 2) middle, secure one's ground in argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; confirm oneself in an opinion, [Refs] 3) guarantee the validity of a purchase, warrant the purchaser's title, β. τινὶ τὸ βαλανεῖον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν μίσθωσιν [Refs 1st c.BC+]: generally, β. τοὺς κανόνας [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) intransitive, determine, show itself positively, τοῖσιν ἐνδοιαστῶς ἔχουσι. ἐβεβαίωσε [ἡ νοῦσος] [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to stabilitate (figuratively); confirm, (e-)stablish; from g949 (βέβαιος)