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Lexicon :: Strong's G4716 - stauros

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σταυρός
Transliteration
stauros (Key)
Pronunciation
stow-ros'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of ἵστημι (G2476)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:572,1071

Strong’s Definitions

σταυρός staurós, stow-ros'; from the base of G2476; a stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ:—cross.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G4716 in the following manner: cross (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G4716 in the following manner: cross (28x).

  1. a cross

    1. a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves

    2. the crucifixion which Christ underwent

  2. an upright "stake", esp. a pointed one, used as such in fences or palisades

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σταυρός staurós, stow-ros'; from the base of G2476; a stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ:—cross.
STRONGS G4716:
σταυρός, σταυροῦ, ὁ (from ἵστημι (root sta); cf. Latinstauro, English staff (see Skeat, Etymological Dictionary, under the word); Curtius, § 216; Vanicek, p. 1126);
1. an upright stake, especially a pointed one (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon).
2. a cross;
a. the well-known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves; cf. Winers RWB, under the word Kreuzigung; Merz in Herzog edition 1 ((cf. Schaff-Herzog) also Schultze in Herzog edition 2), under the word Kreuz; Keim, iii., p. 409ff. (English translation, vi. 138; BB. DD., see under the words, Cross, Crucifixion; O. Zöckler, Das Kreuz Christi (Gütersloh, 1875); English translation, Lond. 1878; Fulda, Das Kreuz u. d. Kreuzigung (Bresl. 1878); Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 582ff). This horrible punishment the innocent Jesus also suffered: Matthew 27:32, 40, 42; Mark 15:21, 30, 32; Luke 23:26; John 19:17, 19, 25, 31; Colossians 2:14; Hebrews 12:2; θάνατος σταυροῦ, Philippians 2:8; τό αἷμα τοῦ σταυροῦ, blood shed on the cross; Colossians 1:20.
b. equivalent to the crucifixion which Christ underwent: Galatians 5:11 (on which see σκάνδαλον, under the end); Ephesians 2:16; with the addition of τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 1 Corinthians 1:17; the saving power of his crucifixion, Philippians 3:18 (on which see ἐχθρός, at the end); Galatians 6:14; τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ διώκεσθαι, to encounter persecution on account of one's avowed belief in the saving efficacy of Christ's crucifixion, Galatians 6:12; ὁ λόγος ὁ τοῦ σταυροῦ, the doctrine concerning the saving power of the death on the cross endured by Christ, 1 Corinthians 1:18. The judicial usage which compelled those condemned to crucifixion themselves to carry the cross to the place of punishment (Plutarch, de sara numinis vindict. c. 9; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 56, cf. John 19:17), gave rise to the proverbial expression αἴρειν or λαμβάνειν or βαστάζειν τόν σταυρόν αὐτοῦ, which was usually used by those who, on behalf of God's cause, do not hesitate cheerfully and manfully to bear persecutions, troubles, distresses — thus recalling the fate of Christ and the spirit in which he encountered it (cf. Bleek, Synop. Erkl. der drei ersten Evangg. i, p. 439f): Matthew 10:38; Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Mark 10:21 (R L in brackets); Mark 15:21; Luke 9:23; Luke 14:27.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:38; 16:24; 27:32; 27:40; 27:42
Mark
8:34; 10:21; 15:21; 15:21; 15:30; 15:32
Luke
9:23; 14:27; 23:26
John
19:17; 19:17; 19:19; 19:25; 19:31
1 Corinthians
1:17; 1:18
Galatians
5:11; 6:12; 6:14
Ephesians
2:16
Philippians
2:8; 3:18
Colossians
1:20; 2:14
Hebrews
12:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4716 matches the Greek σταυρός (stauros),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:32 - As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:42 - “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:21 - A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:30 - come down from the cross and save yourself!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:32 - Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:26 - As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:17 - Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:19 - Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:31 - Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:17 - For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:18 - For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:12 - Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:14 - May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which[fn] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:16 - and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:8 - And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:18 - For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:20 - and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:14 - having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:2 - fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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