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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 further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn either to the right hand 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 danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14 - And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in the mountains in the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:29 - Then David went up from there and dwelt in strongholds at En Gedi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:22 - So David swore to Saul. And 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 - And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are 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 drive him to his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20 - And though the Lord gives you
The bread of adversity and the water of affliction,
Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
But your eyes shall see your teachers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:20 - The children you will have,
After you have lost the others,
Will say again in your ears,
‘The place is too small for me;
Give me a place where I may dwell.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - Alas! For that day is great,
So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But 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 with affliction,
And strike the waves of the sea:
All the depths of the River[fn] shall dry up.
Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,
And the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
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