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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)
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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.)
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD [fn]answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - Now the LORD saw that Leah was [fn]unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - “There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:14 - “You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2 - There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:3 - Then the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - “Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,
But those who were hungry cease to hunger.
Even the barren gives birth to seven,
But she who has many children languishes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:21 - “He wrongs the [fn]barren woman
And does no good for the widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 - He makes the barren woman abide in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
[fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - “Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 - “Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?” says the LORD.
“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.
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