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1.
(
&
, 3982), “to persuade,” or, intransitively, “to have confidence, to be
confident” (cf. A, No. 1), has this meaning in the following, Rom. 2:19; 2 Cor. 2:3; Gal.
5:10; Phil. 1:6, 14 (
RV
, “being confident,” for
KJV
, “waxing confident”), 25; 3:3-4; 2
Thess. 3:4; Philem. 21. See
AGREE
,
ASSURE
,
BELIEVE
,
OBEY
,
PERSUADE
,
TRUST
,
YIELD
.
2.
(
9:!
, 2292), “to be of good courage,” is so translated in the
RV
of 2
Cor. 5:6; 7:16 (
KJV
, “to have confidence, or be confident). See
COURAGE
.
Note:
The adverb “confidently” is combined with the verb “affirm” to represent the
verbs
$
, Luke 22:59 and Acts 12:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “constantly affirmed”),¶, and
, 1 Tim. 1:7,
KJV
, “affirm,” and Titus 3:8,
KJV
, “affirm constantly.” See
AFFIRM
.¶
CONFIRM, CONFIRMATION
A. Verbs.
1.
(
, 950), “to make firm, establish, make secure” (the connected
adjective
signifies “stable, fast, firm”), is used of “confirming” a word, Mark
16:20; promises, Rom. 15:8; the testimony of Christ, 1 Cor. 1:6; the saints by the Lord
Jesus Christ, 1 Cor. 1:8; the saints by God, 2 Cor. 1:21 (“stablisheth”); in faith, Col. 2:7;
the salvation spoken through the Lord and “confirmed” by the apostles, Heb. 2:3; the
heart by grace, Heb. 13:9 (“stablished”).¶
2.
(
# $&
, 1991), “to make to lean upon, strengthen” ( , “upon,”
@
, “a prop, support”), is used of “confirming” souls Acts 14:22, brethren, 15:32;
churches, 15:41; disciples, 18:23, in some mss. (“stablishing,”
RV
, “strengthening,”
KJV
);
the most authentic mss. have
in 18:23. See
STRENGTHEN
.¶
3.
$
(
$
, 2964), “to make valid, ratify, impart authority or influence” (from
$
, “might,”
$
, “mighty, a head, as supreme in authority”), is used of spiritual
love, 2 Cor. 2:8; a human covenant, Gal. 3:15.¶. In the Sept., see Gen. 23:20, e.g.
4.
$
(
$
$
, 4300),
, “before,” and No. 3, “to confirm or ratify
before,” is said of the divine confirmation of a promise given originally to Abraham,
Gen. 12, and “confirmed” by the vision of the furnace and torch, Gen. 15, by the birth of
Isaac, Gen. 21, and by the oath of God, Gen. 22, all before the giving of the Law, Gal.
3:17.¶
5.
$
(
"
, 3315), “to act as a mediator, to interpose,” is rendered
“confirmed,” in the
KJV
of Heb. 6:17 (marg., and
RV
, “interposed”). See
INTERPOSED
.¶
B. Noun.
(
&
, 951), akin to A, No. 1, is used in two senses (a) “of firmness,
establishment,” said of the “confirmation” of the gospel, Phil. 1:7; (b) “of authoritative
validity imparted,” said of the settlement of a dispute by an oath to produce confidence,
Heb. 6:16. The word is found frequently in the papyri of the settlement of a business
transaction.¶
CONFLICT (Noun)