noun · neuter
tekmēriem
Strong’sG5039
a sign, certain proof
stem tekmēri-once in the New Testament1 of 6 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.
** τεκμήριον, -ου, τό
(< τέκμαρ, a mark, sign), [in LXX: Wi 5:4 19:13, III Mac 3:24 *;]
SYN.: ἔνδειγμα, q.v
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5039 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtek-may'-ree-on
a token (as defining a fact), i.e. criterion of certainty
Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of τεκμάρ (a goal or fixed limit);
King Jamesinfallible proof.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(τεκμαίρομαι) ={τέκμαρ}Refs 4th c.BC+, a sure sign or token, Refs 5th c.BC+; καὶ μὴν στίβοι γε, δεύτερον τ. Refs; θανόντος πίστ᾽ ἔχων τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀσφαλὲς τ. Refs 5th c.BC+: in Medicine texts, a sure symptom, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 simply sign, symbol, τοῦ φιλαποδήμου Refs 2nd c.AD+
II proof (properly of an argumentative kind, opposed to direct evidence, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to τὰ εἰκότα, Refs 5th c.BC+; but οὐκ εἰκότα τ. Refs; τ. τινός proof of a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. δὲ τοῦδε τὸν Ὅμηρον λαβέ (i.e. the case of Homer) Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. τινὸς δοῦναι, παρασχέσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; δείξω, ἐπιδείξω, ἀποδεῖξαι,Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 τεκμήριον δέ as an independent clause, now the proof of it is this (which follows), take this as a proof, Refs 5th c.BC+; more fully, τ. δέ μοι τούτου τόδε· αἱ μὲν γὰρ φαίνονται κτλ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. δὲ τούτου καὶ τόδε· παρὰ μὲν Κύρου κτλ. Refs 5th c.BC+; χρῆσθαι τεκμηρίῳ ὅτι.. (ὅτι introducing the reason, not the fact) Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 in the Logic of Aristotle, demonstrative proof, opposed to to the fallible σημεῖον and εἰκός, Refs 5th 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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | tekmēriem | tekmērieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | tekmērieu | tekmērieiu |
| to, for dative | tekmērie | tekmēriei1×τεκμηρίοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
tekmērie 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
tekmēriei“convincing proofs”to, fordative plural1×
Acts 1:3… meta tem paschara auton en pollei tekmēriei, dia hēmeraiu tesserakonta optanorōntos autoi kai …… presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared …