Stereos means “stiff” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4731 — maqqel (“rod”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4731 στερεός (stereos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. stereos (ster-eh-os') adj. 1. stiff, i.e. solid, stable {literally or figuratively} It has 20 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include strong, sure, and stedfast. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.
stereos (ster-eh-os') adj. 1. stiff, i.e. solid, stable {literally or figuratively} [from G2476] KJV: stedfast, strong, sure Root(s): G2476
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4731. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
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Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render stereos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4731 (στερεός) appears 17 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in 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.
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And he made the candlestick which gives light, of gold;
And as to their lamps, which are on the ends, knops proceeded from them; and sockets proceeding from them, that the lamps might be upon them; and the seventh socket, on the top of the candlestick, on the summit above, entirely of solid gold.
And this is the construction of the candlestick: it is solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
And thence I went to another place, and he mountain [and] of hard rock.
Woe to you, Sinners, on the day of strong anguish, Ye who afflict the righteous and burn them with fire: Ye shall be requited according to your works.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4731.
And he made the candlestick which gives light, of gold;
And as to their lamps, which are on the ends, knops proceeded from them; and sockets proceeding from them, that the lamps might be upon them; and the seventh socket, on the top of the candlestick, on the summit above, entirely of solid gold.
And this is the construction of the candlestick: it is solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
He brought them up on the strength of the land; He fed them with the fruits of the fields; They sucked honey out of the rock, And oil out of the solid rock.
Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us today, for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness.
All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, Yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.
to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.
Whose arrows are sharp, and their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs are counted as solid rock: their chariot wheels are as a storm.
And it shall be as if one should gather standing corn, and reap the grain of the ears; and it shall be as if one should gather ears in a rich valley;
but the Lord God became my helper; therefore I was not ashamed, but I set my face as a solid rock; and I know that I shall never be ashamed,
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which ye have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which ye have dug.
Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.
All thy friends have forgotten thee; they shall not ask about thee at all, for I have smitten thee with the stroke of an enemy, even severe correction: thy sins have abounded above all thine iniquity.
For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, he has rescued him out of the hand of them that were stronger than he.
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.
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
And thence I went to another place, and he mountain [and] of hard rock.
Woe to you, Sinners, on the day of strong anguish, Ye who afflict the righteous and burn them with fire: Ye shall be requited according to your works.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4731, grouped by book.
Stereos (Strong's G4731) is a Greek word most simply glossed "stiff". stereos (ster-eh-os') adj. 1. stiff, i.e. solid, stable {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's G4731 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4731 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strong, sure, and stedfast. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4731, with linked reader references where each row is available.