Lexicon hedraios: sitting, steadfast Original Word: ἑδραῖος, αία, αῖονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hedraios Phonetic Spelling: (hed-rah'-yos) Short Definition: firm, steadfast Definition: sitting, seated; steadfast, firm. HELPS word-Studies 1476 hedraíos (an adjective, derived from aphedrōn, "a seat or base") – properly, sit (solidly-based, well-seated); (figuratlively) steadfast (firm), morally fixed; firm in purpose (mind); "well-stationed" (securely positioned), not given to fluctuation or "moving off course." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hedra (a seat) Definitionsitting, steadfast NASB Translationfirm (1), steadfast (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1476: ἑδραῖοςἑδραῖος (rarely feminine ἑδραια ( Winer's Grammar, § 11, 1)), ἑδραιον ( ἕδρα, seat, chair); 1. sitting, sedentary, (Xenophon, Plato, others). 2. firm, immovable, steadfast, (Euripides, Plato, others); in the N. T. metaphorically, of those who are fixed in purpose: 1 Corinthians 15:58; Colossians 1:23; ἕστηκεν ἐν τῇ καρδία, 1 Corinthians 7:37.
Strong's settled, steadfast. From a derivative of hezomai (to sit); sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable -- settled, stedfast. |
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