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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4731. στερεός (stereos) -- Firm, solid, steadfast, strong</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4731.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/14-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4731.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4731</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4730.htm" title="4730">◄</a> 4731. stereos <a href="../greek/4732.htm" title="4732">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">stereos: Firm, solid, steadfast, strong</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">στερεός</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>stereos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ster-eh-os'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ster-eh-os')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Firm, solid, steadfast, strong<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>solid, firm, steadfast.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb στερεόω (stereoō), meaning "to make firm" or "to establish."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "στερεός," similar concepts can be found in Hebrew words like חָזָק (chazaq), meaning "strong" or "firm," and אֱמוּנָה (emunah), meaning "faithfulness" or "steadfastness."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek adjective "στερεός" (stereos) is used to describe something that is firm, solid, or steadfast. It conveys the idea of strength and stability, often in a physical or metaphorical sense. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the firmness of faith or the solid nature of spiritual truths.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of firmness and stability was highly valued, both in physical structures and in personal character. The term "στερεός" would have been understood as a desirable quality, whether referring to the construction of buildings or the reliability of a person's word or faith. In a biblical context, this term underscores the importance of a strong and unwavering faith in God.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4731</b> <i>stereós</i> – (an adjective) properly, <i>solid</i> (firm); referring to what is immoveable (will <i>not</i> budge); stable (not changeable), standing fast without buckling or giving way (steadfast).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>hard, firm<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>firm (2), solid (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4731: στερεός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">στερεός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">στερεά</span>, <span class="greek2">στερεόν</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Vanicek</span>, p. 1131; <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 222), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, <span class="accented">firm, solid, compact, hard, rigid</span>: <span class="greek2">λίθος</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> Odyssey 19, 494; <span class="accented">strong, firm, immovable,</span> <span class="greek2">θεμέλιος</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a>; <span class="greek2">τροφή</span>, solid food, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5-12.htm">Hebrews 5:12, 14</a>; <span class="greek2">στερεωτερα</span> <span class="greek2">τροφή</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 2, 4; <span class="abbreviation">Epictetus</span> diss. 2, 16, 39; tropically, in a bad sense, <span class="accented">cruel, stiff, stubborn, hard</span>; often so in Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down: <span class="greek2">κραδιη</span> <span class="greek2">στερεωτερη</span> <span class="greek2">λιθοιο</span>, Odyssey 23, 103; in a good sense, <span class="accented">firm, steadfast</span>: <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">πίστει</span>, as respects faith, firm of faith (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 31, 6 a.), <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5-9.htm">1 Peter 5:9</a> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">στερεόω</span></span>, at the end).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>hard, strong, sure. <p>From <a href="/greek/2476.htm">histemi</a>; stiff, i.e. Solid, stable (literally or figuratively) -- stedfast, strong, sure. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2476.htm">histemi</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>στερεα στερεά στερεὰ στερεάν στερεας στερεάς στερεᾶς στερεοι στερεοί στερεοὶ στερεος στερεός στερεὸς στερεωτέρων sterea stereà stereas stereâs stereoi stereoì stereos stereòs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/2_timothy/2-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Timothy 2:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὁ μέντοι <b>στερεὸς</b> θεμέλιος τοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_timothy/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Nevertheless, <span class="itali">the firm</span> foundation<br><a href="/kjvs/2_timothy/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of God standeth <span class="itali">sure,</span> having this<br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/2-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Nevertheless <span class="itali">[the] firm</span> foundation of<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/5-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 5:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular">Adj-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ οὐ <b>στερεᾶς</b> τροφῆς </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to need milk <span class="itali">and not solid</span> food.<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and not <span class="itali">of strong</span> meat.<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> though not <span class="itali">of solid</span> food<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 5:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular">Adj-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐστιν ἡ <b>στερεὰ</b> τροφή τῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">But solid</span> food is for the mature,<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> But <span class="itali">strong</span> meat<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> is <span class="itali">solid</span> food who<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/5-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 5:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural">Adj-NFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ᾧ ἀντίστητε <b>στερεοὶ</b> τῇ πίστει</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But resist <span class="itali">him, firm</span> in [your] faith,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> resist <span class="itali">stedfast</span> in the faith,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Whom resist <span class="itali">firm</span> in faith<p><b><a href="/greek/4731.htm">Strong's Greek 4731</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4731.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/sterea_4731.htm">στερεὰ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/stereas_4731.htm">στερεᾶς — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/stereoi_4731.htm">στερεοὶ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/stereos_4731.htm">στερεὸς — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4730.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4730"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4730" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4732.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4732"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4732" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>