Lexicon stereos: hard, firm Original Word: στερεός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: stereos Phonetic Spelling: (ster-eh-os') Short Definition: solid, firm, steadfast Definition: solid, firm, steadfast. HELPS word-Studies 4731 stereós – (an adjective) properly, solid (firm); referring to what is immoveable (will not budge); stable (not changeable), standing fast without buckling or giving way (steadfast). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionhard, firm NASB Translationfirm (2), solid (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4731: στερεόςστερεός, στερεά, στερεόν ( Vanicek, p. 1131; Curtius, § 222), from Homer down, firm, solid, compact, hard, rigid: λίθος, Homer Odyssey 19, 494; strong, firm, immovable, θεμέλιος, 2 Timothy 2:19; τροφή, solid food, Hebrews 5:12, 14; στερεωτερα τροφή, Diodorus 2, 4; Epictetus diss. 2, 16, 39; tropically, in a bad sense, cruel, stiff, stubborn, hard; often so in Greek writings from Homer down: κραδιη στερεωτερη λιθοιο, Odyssey 23, 103; in a good sense, firm, steadfast: τῇ πίστει, as respects faith, firm of faith (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 6 a.), 1 Peter 5:9 (see στερεόω, at the end).
Strong's hard, strong, sure. From histemi; stiff, i.e. Solid, stable (literally or figuratively) -- stedfast, strong, sure. see GREEK histemi |
