bebaioō · confirm

What it means

bebaioō (βεβαιόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “confirm”.

Make firm.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To make sure; fulfill a promise.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• confirm ×2
• was confirmed ×2
• be strengthened ×1
• being strengthened ×1
• confirmed ×1
• one who establishes ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Colossians×1
• Hebrews×2

• Mark 16:20

  And they went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message through the signs that accompanied it.

• Romans 15:8

  For I say that the Messiah has become a servant of the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

• 1 Corinthians 1:6

  just as the testimony of the Messiah was confirmed among you,

• 1 Corinthians 1:8

  who will also confirm you to the end, blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

• 2 Corinthians 1:21

  And the one who establishes us with you in the Messiah and anointed us is God,

• Colossians 2:7

  rooted and being built up in him and being strengthened in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

• Hebrews 2:3

  how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It had its beginning in being spoken through the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard,

• Hebrews 13:9

  Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, by which those who walked in them were not benefited.