Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words


Safe, Safely, Safety

A. Adjective
  1. asphales
B. Nouns
  1. asphaleia
  2. soteria
C. Adverb
  1. asphalos
D. Verbs
  1. diasozo
  2. hugiaino


A1.     Safe, Safely, Safety [Adjective]

asphales "certain, secure, safe" (from a, negative, and sphallo, "to trip up"), is translated "safe" in Php_3:1. See asphales_under_CERTAIN.

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B1.     Safe, Safely, Safety [Noun]

asphaleia "certainty, safety" (akin to asphales), is translated "safety" in Acts_5:23; 1_Thess_5:3. See asphaleia_under_CERTAIN.

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B2.     Safe, Safely, Safety [Noun]

soteria "salvation," is translated "safety" in Acts_27:34, RV (AV, "health"). See HEALTH.

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C1.     Safe, Safely, Safety [Adverb]

asphalos "safely" (akin to asphales, and asphaleia), is so rendered in Mark_14:44; Acts_16:23. See asphalos_under_ASSURANCE. In the Sept., Gen_34:25.

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D1.     Safe, Safely, Safety [Verb]

diasozo "to bring safely through danger," and, in the Passive Voice, "to come safe through" (dia, "through," sozo, "to save"), is translated "bring safe" in Acts_23:24; "escaped safe" in Acts_27:44. See ESCAPE, HEAL, SAVE, WHOLE.

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D2.     Safe, Safely, Safety [Verb]

hugiaino "to be sound, healthy" (Eng., "hygiene," etc.), is translated "safe and sound" in Luke_15:27, lit., "being healthy." See HEALTH, SOUND, WHOLE.

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