Dictionaries :: Firm

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Firm:

"firm, steadfast, secure" (from baino, "to go"), is translated "firm" in Hbr 3:6, of the maintenance of the boldness of the believer's hope, and in Hbr 3:14, RV, of "the beginning of our confidence" (AV, "steadfast").
See STEADFAST, SURE.

Firm:

"solid, hard, stiff," is translated "firm" in 2Ti 2:19, RV, "the firm (foundation of God)," AV, "(standeth) sure;" stereos is not part of the predicate; "solid (food)" in Hbr 5:12, 14, RV; "steadfast" in 1Pe 5:9.
See SOLID, STEADFAST, STRONG.

Note: Cp. stereoo, "to make strong, establish," Act 3:7, 16; 16:5, and stereoma, "steadfastness," Col 2:5.