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Lexicon :: Strong's G4723 - steira

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στεῖρα
Transliteration
steira (Key)
Pronunciation
sti'-ros
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A contraction from στερεός (G4731) (as stiff and unnatural)
mGNT
5x in 3 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
12x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

†στείρος steíros, sti'-ros; a contraction from G4731 (as stiff and unnatural); "sterile":—barren.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4723 in the following manner: barren (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4723 in the following manner: barren (4x).

  1. hard, stiff

    1. of men and animals

  2. barren

    1. of woman who does not conceive

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†στείρος steíros, sti'-ros; a contraction from G4731 (as stiff and unnatural); "sterile":—barren.
STRONGS G4723:
στεῖρος, στεῖρα, στειρον (equivalent to στερρός, στερεός which see; whence German starr, Latinsterilis), hard, stiff; of men and animals, barren: of a woman who does not conceive, Luke 1:7, 36; Luke 23:29; Galatians 4:27. (Homer, Theocritus, the Orphica, Anthol.; the Sept. for עָקָר עֲקָרָה.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:7; 1:36; 23:29
Galatians
4:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4723 matches the Greek στεῖρα (steira),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - And Sara was barren, and did not bear children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:14 - Thou shalt be blessed beyond all nations; there shall not be among you an impotent or barren one, [fn]or among thy cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2 - And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoë, and his wife was barren, and bore not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:3 - And an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, thou art barren and hast not born; yet thou shalt conceive a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:21 - For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 - (LXX 112:9) who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - [fn] Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that dost not travail: for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for the Lord has said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 - But I have raised this expectation, yet thou hast not remembered me, saith the Lord: behold, have not I made the bearing and barren woman? saith thy God.
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