Lexicon steira: barren Original Word: στεῖρος, α, ονPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: steira Phonetic Spelling: (sti'-ros) Short Definition: barren Definition: barren. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom steiros (barren) Definitionbarren NASB Translationbarren (3), barren woman (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4723: στεῖροςστεῖρος, στεῖρα, στειρον (equivalent to στερρός, στερεός which see; whence German starr, Latin sterilis), hard, stiff; of men and animals, barren: of a woman who does not conceive, Luke 1:7, 36; Luke 23:29; Galatians 4:27. ( Homer, Theocritus, the Orphica, Anthol.; the Sept. for עָקָר עֲקָרָה.)
Strong's barren. A contraction from stereos (as stiff and unnatural); "sterile" -- barren. see GREEK stereos |
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