Greek adjective · G4728
στενός
stenossten-os'
narrow
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: stenós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4728is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4728
narrow (from obstacles standing close about)
The King James renders it: strait.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
stenos is rendered "narrow". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Matthew 7:13στενῆς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- narrow2
- small1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| στενάζω | stenazo | to groan | Uses6 |
| στενοχωρία | stenochoria | hardship | Uses4 |
| στενοχωρέω | stenochoreo | to press upon | Uses3 |
| στεναγμός | stenagmos | groan | Uses2 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- στενῆς2
- στενὴ1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2A-GSF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1A-NSF
Matthew
two uses
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- στενῆςstenesadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: narrow
But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- στενὴsteneadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: small
Luke
one use
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
- στενῆςstenesadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: narrow
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.