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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 Box Gen 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:30 - But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:14 - You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2 - There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:3 - The LORD's angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, "You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:21 - He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:9 - He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:1 - "Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 - "Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?" asks the LORD. "Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?" asks your God.
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