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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Affirmation Not a Wish; Forgiveness
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King James Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Precepts, Affirmative
• Affirmative Precepts
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• Say, Utter, Affirm
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• Affirmer
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• ܐܳܡܰܪ
• ܚܪܐ
• Affirmatio; or Affirmation
• Cataphasis; or Affirmation
• διαβεβαιόομαι
• διϊσχυρίζομαι
• μαρτύρομαι
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dia, intensive, and bebaioo, to confirm, make sure, denotes to assert strongly, "affirm confidently," 1 Timothy 1:7; Titus 3:8 (AV, "affirm constantly").

as in No. 1, and ischurizosai, "to corroborate" (ischuros "strong;" see ABILITY , A, No. 2 and C, No. 2 note), primarily signifies "to lean upon," hence, "to affirm stoutly, assert vehemently," Luke 22:59; Acts 12:15 .

a frequentative form of the verb phemi (No. 4), denotes "to allege, to affirm by way of alleging or professing," Acts 24:9 (RV, "affirming," AV, "saying"); 25:19; Romans 1:22 , "professing." Some mss. have it in Revelation 2:2 , instead of the verb lego, "to say." See PROFESS , SAY.

"to say" (primarily by way of enlightening, explaining), is rendered "affirm" in Romans 3:8 . See SAY.