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Lexicon :: Strong's G4733 - stereōma

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στερέωμα
Transliteration
stereōma (Key)
Pronunciation
ster-eh'-o-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
23x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:609,1077

Strong’s Definitions

στερέωμα steréōma, ster-eh'-o-mah; from G4732; something established, i.e. (abstractly) confirmation (stability):—stedfastness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4733 in the following manner: stedfastness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4733 in the following manner: stedfastness (1x).

  1. that which has been made firm

    1. the firmament, the arch of the sky, which in early times was thought to be solid

      1. a fortified place

    2. that which furnishes a foundation

      1. on which a thing rests firmly, support

    3. firmness, steadfastness

      1. metaph. in a military sense: solid front

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στερέωμα steréōma, ster-eh'-o-mah; from G4732; something established, i.e. (abstractly) confirmation (stability):—stedfastness.
STRONGS G4733:
στερέωμα στερεώματος, τό (στερεόω), that which has been made firm;
a. (Vulg.firmamentum) the firmament; so the Sept. for רָקִיעַ, the arch of the sky, which in early times was thought to be solid, Genesis 1:6-8; Ezekiel 1:22-26; Sir. 43:1 (cf. B. D. (especially American edition) under the word ); a fortified place, 1 Esdr. 8:78 (80).
b. that which furnishes a foundation; on which a thing rests firmly, support: Aristotle, partt. an. 2, 9, 12, p. 655{a}, 22; κύριος στερέωμα μου, Psalm 17:3 (Ps. 18:3).
c. firmness, steadfastness: τῆς πίστεως, Colossians 2:5 (some take it here metaphorically in a military sense, solid front; cf. Lightfoot at the passage (per contra Meyer)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:6; 1:7; 1:8
Psalms
17:3; 18:3
Ezekiel
1:22; 1:23; 1:24; 1:25; 1:26
Colossians
2:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4733 matches the Greek στερέωμα (stereōma),
which occurs 23 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6 - Then God said, “Let there be [fn]an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - God made the [fn]expanse, and separated the waters which were below the [fn]expanse from the waters which were above the [fn]expanse; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - God called the [fn]expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - Then God said, “Let there be [fn]lights in the [fn]expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15 - and let them be for [fn]lights in the [fn]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17 - God placed them in the [fn]expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - Then God said, “Let the waters [fn]teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth [fn]in the open [fn]expanse of the heavens.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet [fn]there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, [fn]as clear as the sky itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - “There is none like the God of [fn]Jeshurun,
Who rides the heavens [fn]to your help,
And through the skies in His majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD is my [fn]rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1 - For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given commandment to save me,
For You are my [fn]rock and my fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4 - For there are no pains in their death,
And their [fn]body is fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1 - [fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty [fn]expanse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - Now over the heads of the living [fn]beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of [fn]crystal, spread out over their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - Then I looked, and behold, in the [fn]expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - “You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - “[fn]Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the [fn]expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
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