verb
diabebaiomō
Strong’sG1226
I assert emphatically
stem diabebai-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* δια-βεβαιόομαι, -οῦμαι
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1226 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
confirm, ὑπόληψιν Refs 3rd c.AD+:—usually middle διαβεβαι-όομαι, maintain strongly, affirm, confirm, Refs 4th c.BC+; to be positive, περί τινος Refs 2nd c.BC+:—passive, Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| diabebaiolōδιαβεβαιοῦνται | happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | make confident assertions | 1× |
| diabebaiorōδιαβεβαιοῦσθαι | happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive | insist | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diabebaiomō | diabebaiome | diabebaiomē | diabebaiomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | diabebaiosō | diabebaiose | diabebaiosē | diabebaioselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diabebaiotō | diabebaiote | diabebaiotē | diabebaiotelē |
| we 1st person plural | diabebaionō | diabebaione | diabebaionē | diabebaionelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | diabebaiovō | diabebaiove | diabebaiovē | diabebaiovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | diabebaiolō1×διαβεβαιοῦνται | diabebaiole | diabebaiolē | diabebaiolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diabebaiomeiō | diabebaiomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | diabebaioseiō | diabebaioseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diabebaioteiō | diabebaioteiē |
| we 1st person plural | diabebaioneiō | diabebaioneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | diabebaioveiō | diabebaioveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | diabebaioleiō | diabebaioleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | diabebaiosōr | diabebaiosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diabebaiotōr | diabebaiotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | diabebaiovōr | diabebaiovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | diabebaiolōr | diabebaiolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diabebaiomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | diabebaiosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diabebaiotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | diabebaionoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | diabebaiovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | diabebaioloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | diabebaiorō1×διαβεβαιοῦσθαι | diabebaiorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | diabebaiorōntos | diabebaiorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
diabebai is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
diabebaiolō“make confident assertions”happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×
1 Timothy 1:7“make confident assertions”… mēte heim legalō mēte peri tineiu diabebaiolō.… not understand what they are saying or that which they so …
diabebaiorō“insist”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive1×
Titus 3:8“insist”… logos, kai peri houteiu boulomō sin diabebaiorō, hina frontizaleiō kaleiu ergeiu prostēorō tois …This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to …