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In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe the path or way that leads to life, emphasizing the difficulty and discipline required to follow it. This term highlights the contrast between the broad, easy path that leads to destruction and the narrow, challenging path that leads to eternal life.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient world, roads and paths were often narrow and difficult to traverse, especially in hilly or mountainous regions. The imagery of a narrow path would have been familiar to Jesus' audience, who understood the challenges of travel in such conditions. This metaphor would have resonated with them, illustrating the spiritual journey of following Christ as one that requires intentionality, focus, and perseverance.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4728</b> <i>stenós</i> – properly, <i>narrow</i>; (figuratively) the closely-defined <i>path God ordains</i> to travel on to gain His <i>approval</i> (used three times in the NT).</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>narrow<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>narrow (2), small (1).<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 4728: στενός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">στενός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">στενή</span>, <span class="greek2">στενόν</span>, from <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> and <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down, the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">צַר</span>, <span class="accented">narrow, strait</span>: <span class="greek2">πύλη</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13</a> (14 (here <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> brackets <span class="greek2">πύλη</span>)); <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-24.htm">Luke 13:24</a>.<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>narrow, strait. <p>Probably from the base of <a href="/greek/2476.htm">histemi</a>; narrow (from obstacles standing close about) -- strait. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2476.htm">histemi</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>στενά στενη στενή στενὴ στενήν στενης στενής στενῆς στενοίς στενόν στενός στενώ stene stenē stenḕ stenes stenês stenēs stenē̂s<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/matthew/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular">Adj-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διὰ τῆς <b>στενῆς</b> πύλης ὅτι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> through <span class="itali">the narrow</span> gate; for the gate<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Enter ye in at <span class="itali">the strait</span> gate: for<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> through the <span class="itali">narrow</span> gate for<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular">Adj-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τί <b>στενὴ</b> ἡ πύλη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For the gate <span class="itali">is small</span> and the way<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Because <span class="itali">strait</span> [is] the gate, and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for <span class="itali">small [is]</span> the gate<p><b><a href="/text/luke/13-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 13:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular">Adj-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διὰ τῆς <b>στενῆς</b> θύρας ὅτι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> through <span class="itali">the narrow</span> door;<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to enter in at <span class="itali">the strait</span> gate: for<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> through the <span class="itali">narrow</span> door for<p><b><a href="/greek/4728.htm">Strong's Greek 4728</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4728.htm">3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/stene__4728.htm">στενὴ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/stene_s_4728.htm">στενῆς — 2 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'; 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