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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 Box Num 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - Then the angel of the LORD went ahead and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14 - And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:29 - [fn] And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:22 - And David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:11 - Terrors frighten him on every side,
and chase him at his heels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - among the olive rows of the wicked[fn] they make oil;
they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - For a prostitute is a deep pit;
an adulteress[fn] is a narrow well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20 - And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:20 - The children of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
‘The place is too narrow for me;
make room for me to dwell in.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - Alas! That day is so great
there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
yet he shall be saved out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - He shall pass through the sea of troubles
and strike down the waves of the sea,
and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
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