Greek verb · G4732
στερεόω
stereooster-eh-o'-o
to strengthen
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: stereóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4732is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4732
to solidify, i.e. confirm (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: establish, receive strength, make strong.
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
stereoo is rendered "to strengthen". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 3:7Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
Acts 3:7ἐστερεώθησαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- were strengthened2
- has strengthened1
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 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- ἐστερεοῦντο1
- ἐστερεώθησαν1
- ἐστερέωσεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
- verb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IPI-3P
Acts
three uses
Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.
- ἐστερεώθησανestereothesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were strengthened
By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
- ἐστερέωσενestereosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has strengthened
So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
- ἐστερεοῦντοestereountoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were strengthened
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.