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Lexicon :: Strong's G4731 - stereos

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στερεός
Transliteration
stereos (Key)
Pronunciation
ster-eh-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:609,1077

Strong’s Definitions

στερεός stereós, ster-eh-os'; from G2476; stiff, i.e. solid, stable (literally or figuratively):—stedfast, strong, sure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4731 in the following manner: strong (2x), sure (1x), stedfast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4731 in the following manner: strong (2x), sure (1x), stedfast (1x).

  1. strong, firm, immovable, solid, hard, rigid

    1. in a bad sense, cruel, stiff, stubborn, hard

    2. in a good sense, firm, steadfast

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στερεός stereós, ster-eh-os'; from G2476; stiff, i.e. solid, stable (literally or figuratively):—stedfast, strong, sure.
STRONGS G4731:
στερεός, στερεά, στερεόν (Vanicek, p. 1131; Curtius, § 222), from Homer down, firm, solid, compact, hard, rigid: λίθος, Homer Odyssey 19, 494; strong, firm, immovable, θεμέλιος, 2 Timothy 2:19; τροφή, solid food, Hebrews 5:12, 14; στερεωτερα τροφή, Diodorus 2, 4; Epictetus diss. 2, 16, 39; tropically, in a bad sense, cruel, stiff, stubborn, hard; often so in Greek writings from Homer down: κραδιη στερεωτερη λιθοιο, Odyssey 23, 103; in a good sense, firm, steadfast: τῇ πίστει, as respects faith, firm of faith (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 6 a.), 1 Peter 5:9 (see στερεόω, at the end).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Timothy
2:19
Hebrews
5:12; 5:14
1 Peter
5:9

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Strong's Number G4731 matches the Greek στερεός (stereos),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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