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Fast (to make)

Fast (to make) "to make secure, safe, firm" (akin to asphales, "safe"), (a, negative, and sphallo, "to trip up"), is translated "make ... fast," in Act 16:24, of prisoners' feet in the stocks. In Mat 1:27-66,...

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Fast (to make) <1,,805, asphalizo>

"to make secure, safe, firm" (akin to asphales, "safe"), (a, negative, and sphallo, "to trip up"), is translated "make ... fast," in Act 16:24, of prisoners' feet in the stocks. In Mat 1:27-66, it is rendered "to make sure." See SURE.

Note: For HOLD (fast) and STAND (fast), see HOLD and STAND, No. 7.

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