“firm, secure” (akin to baino, “to go”), is translated “steadfast” in 2Co 1:7<\/span>; Heb 2:2<\/span>; Heb 3:14<\/span>, AV (RV, “firm”); Heb 6:19<\/span>. See FIRM, FORCE, SURE. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n primarily denotes “seated” (hedra, “a seat”); hence, “steadfast,” metaphorical of moral fixity, 1Co 7:37<\/span>; 1Co 15:58<\/span>; Col 1:23<\/span>, RV (AV, “settled”). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n firm, is rendered “steadfast” in 1Pe 5:9<\/span>. See FIRM, No. 2. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n primarily “a support, foundation,” denotes “strength, steadfastness,” Col 2:5<\/span>. In the Sept., in Gen 1:6<\/span>; Eze 1:22<\/span>, it is used of the firmanent, which was believed to be a solid canopy. The corresponding Heb. word raqia means “expanse,” from raqa, “to spread out.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “a setting firmly, supporting,” then “fixedness, steadfastness” (akin to sterizo, “to establish”), is used in 2Pe 3:17<\/span>. <\/p>\n Note: For STEADFASTLY see BEHOLD, No. 10, CONTINUE, No. 9, FASTEN, No. 1, LOOK, No. 15, SET, No. 19. <\/p>\n Stedfast, Stedfastly, Stedfastness “firm, secure” (akin to baino, “to go”), is translated “steadfast” in 2Co 1:7; Heb 2:2; Heb 3:14, AV (RV, “firm”); Heb 6:19. See FIRM, FORCE, SURE. primarily denotes “seated” (hedra, “a seat”); hence, “steadfast,” metaphorical of moral fixity, 1Co 7:37; 1Co 15:58; Col 1:23, RV (AV, “settled”). firm, is rendered “steadfast” in … Continue reading “Stedfast, Stedfastly, Stedfastness”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"