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Narrow

στενόςStrong’s G4728

stenos

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Stenos is the Greek word usually translated “narrow” and “small”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:”
Matthew 7:13 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “narrow” and “small”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • narrow 2
  • small 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 2
  • Luke 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

στενός stenos · narrow

στενός, -ή, -όν [in LXX for צַר, etc. ;] narrow: fig (v MM, xxiii), Mat.7:13-14, Luk.13:24.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “narrow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

NARROW, adjective

I suspect this word and near to be contracted by the loss of g, nig, narrow strait; nigiaw, to narrow; for the D. has naauw, narrow close, G. with a prefix. In this case, the word belongs to the root of nigh; to approach.

  1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow sea; a narrow hem or border.
  2. Of little extent; very limited; as a narrow space or compass.
  3. Covetous; not liberal or bountiful; as a narrow heart.
  4. Contracted; of confined views or sentiments; very limited.
All definitions and other forms of “narrow”
  1. Near; within a small distance.
  2. Close; near; accurate; scrutinizing; as a narrow search; narrow inspection.
  3. Near; barely sufficient to avoid evil; as a narrow escape.

NARROW, noun

A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. It is usually in the plural, but sometimes in the singular.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.