The corpus record

βεβαί-ωσις

bebaiosis · ἡ

confirmation

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Where it lives

Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

βεβαί-ωσις · bebai-ōsis — LSJ

confirmation, perpetuity

confirmation, β. γνώμης Th. 1.140, cf. 4.87, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.38F., Ph. 1.486, al., D.H. Rh. 10.18, Hermog. Prog. 5; εἰς β. in perpetuity, ἡ γῆ οὐ πραθήσεται εἰς β. LXX Le. 25.23.

2 warranty

legal warranty, Aeschin. 3.249 (pl.), PTeb. 311.27 (ii A. D.), etc.; βεβαιώσεως δίκη Poll. 8.34.

In the wild

βεβαίωσιν · bebaiōsin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8380)
βεβαίωσιν · bebaiōsin New Testament, Hebrews 6.16 (DIORISIS sentence 95)
βεβαιώσεως · bebaiōseōs Plato, Statesman 309
βεβαίωσιν · bebaiōsin Septuaginta, Leviticus 25
βεβαίωσις · bebaiōsis Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 6
βεβαίωσιν · bebaiōsin Thucydides, History 1.140.5 (DIORISIS sentence 896)

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Where it came from

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