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στερεόςStrong’s G4731

stereos

Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament

In short

Stereos is the Greek word usually translated “firm” and “solid”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.

“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
2 Timothy 2:19 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • the firm 1
  • of solid 1
  • solid 1
  • firm 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 2
  • 2 Timothy 1
  • 1 Peter 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

στερεός stereos · strong

στερεός, -ά, -όν [in LXX: Num.8:4 (מִקְשָׁה); σ. πέτρα, Isa.5:28 (צַר), etc. ;] hard, firm, solid: τροψή, Heb.5:12, 14; θεμέλιος, figuratively, 2Ti.2:19. Metaphorical, (a) in bad sense, hard, cruel (Hom., al.); (b) in good sense, steadfast, firm: τ. πίστει, 1Pe.5:9.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

STRONG, adjective

[G., Latin The sense of the radical word is to stretch, strain, draw, and probably from the root of stretch and reach.]

  1. Having physical active power, or great physical power; having the power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.“That our oxen may be strong to labor” Psalms 144:14
  2. Having physical passive power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; solid; as a constitution strong enough to bear the fatigues of a campaign.
  3. Well fortified; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as a strong fortress or town.
  4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as a strong army or fleet; a strong nation; a nation strong at sea.
All definitions
  1. Having great wealth, means or resources; as a strong house or company of merchants.
  2. Moving with rapidity; violent; forcible; impetuous; as a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; we had a strong tide against us.
  3. Hale; sound; robust; as a strong constitution.
  4. Powerful; forcible; cogent; adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; as a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example or instance.
  5. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as a strong partisan; a strong whig or tory.
  6. Having virtues of great efficacy; or having a particular quality in a great degree; as a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea; strong coffee.
  7. Full of spirit; intoxicating; as strong liquors.
  8. Affecting the sight forcibly; as strong colors.
  9. Affecting the taste forcibly; as the strong flavor of onions.
  10. Affecting the smell powerfully; as a strong scent.
  11. Not of easy digestion; solid; as strong meat. Hebrews 5:7
  12. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as a custom grown strong by time.
  13. Violent; vehement; earnest.“Who in the day of his flesh, when he offered up prayers with strong crying and tears--” Hebrews 5:7
  14. Able; furnished with abilities.
  15. Having great force of mind, of intellect or of any faculty; as a man of strong powers of mind; a man of a strong mind or intellect; a man of strong memory, judgment or imagination.
  16. Having great force; comprising much in few words.
  17. Bright; glaring; vivid; as a strong light.
  18. Powerful to the extent of force named; as an army ten thousand strong

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.