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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 farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14 - David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Isn't David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:29 - (24:1) Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:22 - David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the LORD, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - Some of the prophets said to Elisha, "Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the LORD, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:11 - Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees; they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:27 - for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20 - The sovereign master will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:20 - Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, 'This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - The LORD will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more.
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