Greek adjective · G4731
στερεός
stereosster-eh-os'
strong
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: stereós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4731is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4731
stiff, i.e. solid, stable (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: stedfast, strong, sure.
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
stereos is rendered "strong". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
2 Timothy 2:19στερεὸς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- firm1
- of solid1
- solid1
- the firm1
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.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- στερεὰ1
- στερεᾶς1
- στερεοὶ1
- στερεὸς1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1A-GSF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1A-NPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1A-NSF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1A-NSM
2 Timothy
one use
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- στερεὸςstereosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: the firm
Hebrews
two uses
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- στερεᾶςstereasadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of solid
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
- στερεὰstereaadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: solid
1 Peter
one use
Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
- στερεοὶstereoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: firm
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.