ἀσφαλίζω
asphalizō
“to secure”
Definition
to render secure
from G804 (ἀσφαλής);
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Occurrences
ἀσφαλίζω appears 4 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
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