Strong's Concordance diischurizomai: to lean upon, affirm confidently Original Word: διϊσχυρίζομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diischurizomai Phonetic Spelling: (dee-is-khoo-rid'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I assert emphatically Definition: I assert emphatically, lean upon. HELPS Word-studies 1340 diis [The high level of personal self-involvement (personal interest) of this action ("intense asserting") accounts for why it is always in the Gk middle voice.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1340: διϊσχυρίζομαιδιϊσχυρίζομαι (L WH διϊσχυρίζομαι (see Iota)): imperfect διισχυριζομην; 1. to lean upon. 2. to affirm stoutly, to assert confidently: Luke 22:59; Acts 12:15. (Lysias, Isaeus, Plato, Demosthenes, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 6, 4; Aelian hist. an. 7, 18; Dio Cassius, 57, 23; others.) δικάζω[δικάζω; 1 aorist passive ἐδικασθην; from Homer down; "to judge, pass judgment: absolutely, Luke 6:37 Tr marginal reading (others, καταδικάζω. From dia and a derivative of ischuros; to stout it through, i.e. Asservate -- confidently (constantly) affirm. see GREEK dia see GREEK ischuros Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 13402 Occurrences διισχυρίζετο — 2 Occ. Luke 22:59 V-IIM/P-3S GRK: ἄλλος τις διισχυρίζετο λέγων Ἐπ' NAS: another man [began] to insist, saying, KJV: after another confidently affirmed, saying, INT: other a certain strongly affirmed saying In Acts 12:15 V-IIM/P-3S |