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Lexicon :: Strong's G4728 - stenos

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στενός
Transliteration
stenos (Key)
Pronunciation
sten-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of ἵστημι (G2476)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:604,1077

Strong’s Definitions

στενός stenós, sten-os'; probably from the base of G2476; narrow (from obstacles standing close about):—strait.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4728 in the following manner: strait (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4728 in the following manner: strait (3x).

  1. narrow, strait

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στενός stenós, sten-os'; probably from the base of G2476; narrow (from obstacles standing close about):—strait.
STRONGS G4728:
στενός, στενή, στενόν, from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, the Sept. for צַר, narrow, strait: πύλη, Matthew 7:13 (14 (here L Tr brackets πύλη)); Luke 13:24.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:13
Luke
13:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4728 matches the Greek στενός (stenos),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - And the angel of the Lord went farther, and came and stood in a narrow place where it was impossible to turn to the right or the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw [fn]nigh, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14 - And he dwelt in Maserem in the wilderness, in the narrow passes; and dwelt in the wilderness in mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Cæne in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessæmon?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:29 - (LXX 24:1) And David rose up from thence, and dwelt in the narrow passes of Engaddi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:22 - (LXX 24:23) So David swore to Saul: and Saul departed to his place, and David and his men went up to [fn]the strong-hold of Messera.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - And David said to Gad, On every side [fn]I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions are very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - And the sons of the prophets said to Elisaie, Behold now, the place wherein we dwell before thee is too narrow for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even all the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:11 - Let pains destroy him round about, and let many enemies come about him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and [fn]anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20 - And though the Lord shall give you the bread of affliction and scant water, yet they that cause thee to err shall no more at all draw nigh to thee; for thine eyes shall see those that cause thee to err,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:20 - For thy sons whom thou hast lost shall say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - (LXX 37:7) For that day is great, and there is not such another; and it is a time of straitness to Jacob; but he shall be saved out of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - And they shall pass through a narrow sea, they shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deep places of the rivers shall be dried up: and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be taken away, and the sceptre of Egypt shall be removed.
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