Definition

stable (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from the base of G939 (βάσις) (through the idea of basality);

Where the KJV renders it

• firm
• of force
• stedfast
• sure

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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