Lexical Summary stereos: hard, firm Original Word: στερεόςTransliteration: stereos Phonetic Spelling: (ster-eh-os') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: hard, firm Meaning: hard, firm Strong's Concordance hard, strong, sure. From histemi; stiff, i.e. Solid, stable (literally or figuratively) -- stedfast, strong, sure. see GREEK histemi Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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). |
    |