Word study
Assure
6 Hebrew and 3 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: assured, assuring, assure. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “assure” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- יָד yâdhandtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,403 uses · Strong’s H3027Noun · Translated: hand 664, hands 349, through 64, power 22Full study and all 1,290 verses →
- אָמַר âmarutter, saytranslated this way 2 times of its 4,555 uses · Strong’s H559Verb · Translated: said 1,531, says 576, say 352, replied 341Full study and all 3,827 verses →
- יָדַע yâdaknowtranslated this way 1 time of its 914 uses · Strong’s H3045Verb · Translated: know 453, known 53, knows 48, knew 38Full study and all 863 verses →
Numbers 32:23 But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD — and be assured that your sin will find you out.
- נָגַד nâgadbe conspicuoustranslated this way 1 time of its 360 uses · Strong’s H5046Verb · Translated: tell 83, told 67, reported 31, declare 18Full study and all 339 verses →
1 Samuel 10:16 And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
- סָמַךְ sâmaklean, lay, rest, supporttranslated this way 1 time of its 48 uses · Strong’s H5564Verb · Translated: lay 17, laid 6, Sustain 3, sustained 2Full study and all 47 verses →
Psalm 112:8 His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.
- אָמַן âmanconfirm, supporttranslated this way 1 time of its 104 uses · Strong’s H539Verb · Translated: believe 24, faithful 14, trust 8, believed 7Full study and all 98 verses →
Isaiah 33:16 he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Greek words (New Testament)
- πληροφορέω plērophoréōI carry out fully, fully convincetranslated this way 1 time of its 6 uses · Strong’s G4135Verb · Translated: fulfilled 1, fully persuaded 1, fully convinced 1, fully assured 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
- ἰδού idoúSee! Lo! Behold! Look!translated this way 1 time of its 163 uses · Strong’s G2400Verb · Translated: Look 50, Behold 31, See 23, here 10Full study and all 160 verses →
Galatians 1:20 I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
- πείθω peíthōI persuade, urgetranslated this way 1 time of its 50 uses · Strong’s G3982Verb · Translated: convinced 10, confident 6, persuaded 4, trusted 2Full study and all 50 verses →
1 John 3:19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.