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Strong's G4732 στερεόω (stereoo)

Stereoo means “solidify” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4732 — miqloth (“Mikloth”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4732
Language Greek
Linked Usages 52
Books 18

Strong's G4732 Quick Answer

Strong's G4732 στερεόω (stereoo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. stereoo (ster-eh-oh'-o) v. 1. to solidify, i.e. confirm {literally or figuratively} It has 52 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include strength, strong, and established. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
stereoo (ster-eh-oh'-o) v. 1. to solidify, i.e. confirm {literally or figuratively}
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
strength, strong, and established

Meaning and Definition

stereoo (ster-eh-oh'-o) v. 1. to solidify, i.e. confirm {literally or figuratively} [from G4731] KJV: establish, receive strength, make strong Root(s): G4731

Original Word
στερεόω
Transliteration
stereoo
Derivation
Root: στερεός R1: 4731
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4732. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to strengthen

Usage: στερεόω, -ῶ (στερεός), [in LXX: Isa.42:5 (רָקַע), Jer.5:3 (חָזַק pi.), etc. ;] __(a) to make firm or solid; __(b) to strengthen, make strong; with accusative of person(s), Act.3:16; τ. βάσεις, pass., Act.3:7. Metaphorical (cf. Je, l.with): τ. πίστει, pass., Act.16:5.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4732 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render stereoo, 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.

established Acts 16:5 strength Acts 3:7 strong Acts 3:16

How Strong's G4732 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 27 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4732 (στερεόω) appears 49 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4732 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4732 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 3:7 KJV

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

Acts 3:16 KJV

And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

Acts 16:5 KJV

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Strong's G4732 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

27 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 30:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

Genesis 48:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I have not been deprived of seeing thy face, and lo! God has showed me thy seed also.

Numbers 24:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honor thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory.

Strong's G4732 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

22 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 9:62 Septuagint / Brenton

Afterward Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, got them away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and they repaired the decays thereof, and made it strong.

1 Maccabees 10:50 Septuagint / Brenton

And he continued the battle very sore until the sun went down: and that day was Demetrius slain.

2 Maccabees 13:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Which things when Judas perceived, he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord night and day, that if ever at any other time, he would now also help them, being at the point to be put from their law, from their country, and from the holy temple:

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4732.

Genesis 30:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?
Genesis 48:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I have not been deprived of seeing thy face, and lo! God has showed me thy seed also.
Numbers 24:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honor thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory.
1 Kingdoms 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My heart is established in the Lord, My horn is exalted in my God; My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, I have rejoiced in thy salvation.
1 Kingdoms 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, belonging to the five lords, from the fenced city to the village of the Perizzite, and to the great stone, on which they placed the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that was in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemeshite.
Job 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, But hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.
Job 37:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wilt thou establish with him foundations for the ancient heavens? They are strong as a molten mirror.
Psalms 17:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, And from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
Psalms 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, And hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.
Psalms 32:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Psalms 74:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. Pause.
Psalms 77:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They were not disappointed of their desire: But when their food was yet in their mouth,
Psalms 83:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: The Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.
Psalms 92:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the day before the Sabbath, when the land was first inhabited, the praise of a Song by David. The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honor: The Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; For he has established the world, which shall not be moved.
Psalms 135:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To him who established the earth on the waters; For his mercy endures forever.
Isaiah 42:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it:
Isaiah 44:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord that redeems thee, and who formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth.
Isaiah 45:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars.
Isaiah 48:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together.
Isaiah 51:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up your eyes to the sky, and look on the earth beneath: for the sky was darkened like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and the inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my righteousness shall not fail.
Jeremiah 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.
Jeremiah 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;
Jeremiah 52:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on the ninth day of the month, and then the famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Lamentations 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has bent his bow as an opposing enemy: He has strengthened his right hand as an adversary, And has destroyed all the desirable things of my eyes In the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: He has poured forth his anger as fire.
Ezekiel 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it.
Hosea 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I am the Lord thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I showed them not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no Savior beside me.
Amos 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name.
Acts 3:7 New Testament, KJV
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
Acts 3:16 New Testament, KJV
And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Acts 16:5 New Testament, KJV
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
1 Maccabees 9:62 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Afterward Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, got them away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and they repaired the decays thereof, and made it strong.
1 Maccabees 10:50 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he continued the battle very sore until the sun went down: and that day was Demetrius slain.
2 Maccabees 13:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Which things when Judas perceived, he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord night and day, that if ever at any other time, he would now also help them, being at the point to be put from their law, from their country, and from the holy temple:
3 Maccabees 1:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then they read the law to him; but he persisted in obtruding himself, exclaiming, that he ought to be allowed: and saying, Be it that they were deprived of this honor, I ought not to be.
3 Maccabees 2:33 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
cheerfully looking forward to future aid, they abhorred their own apostates, considering them to be national foes, and debarring them from the common usages of social intercourse.
3 Maccabees 5:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Had it not been for familiar friendship, and the claims of your office, your life should have gone for theirs.
4 Maccabees 4:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the nation, indignant at this proclamation, and replying to the effect that it was extremely unfair that those who had committed deposits to the sacred treasury should be deprived of them, resisted as well as they could.
4 Maccabees 12:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And having thus exhorted him, he sent for the mother of the boy; that, by condoling with her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to render the survivor obedient.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For they were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, Who had kept thy sons shut up, By whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.
Wisdom of Sirach 3:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord hath given the father honor over the children, And hath confirmed the authority of the mother over the sons.
Wisdom of Sirach 7:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thy soul love a good servant, And defraud him not of liberty.
Wisdom of Sirach 26:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, Lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.
Wisdom of Sirach 28:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, And deprived them of their labors.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, And thou shalt always find the thing that is necessary for thee.
Wisdom of Sirach 31:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When I traveled, I saw many things; And I understand more than I can express.
Wisdom of Sirach 37:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For grace is not given him from the Lord; Because he is deprived of all wisdom.
Wisdom of Sirach 39:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There be spirits that are created for vengeance, Which in their fury lay on sore strokes; In the time of destruction they pour out their force, And appease the wrath of him that made them.
Wisdom of Sirach 42:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter, Lest she make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies, And a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, And make thee ashamed before the multitude.
Wisdom of Sirach 42:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvelous works, Which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, That whatsoever is might be established for his glory.
Wisdom of Sirach 42:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
One thing establisheth the good of another: And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
Wisdom of Sirach 45:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He put upon him perfect glory; And strengthened him with rich garments, With breeches, with a long robe, and the ephod.
Wisdom of Sirach 50:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, Who in his life repaired the house again, And in his days fortified the temple:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4732, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 13 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4732 FAQ

What does stereoo (στερεόω) mean?

Stereoo (Strong's G4732) is a Greek word most simply glossed "solidify". stereoo (ster-eh-oh'-o) v. 1. to solidify, i.e. confirm {literally or figuratively}

How many times is stereoo (στερεόω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's G4732 across 18 books.

Where can I study stereoo (στερεόω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4732 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate stereoo (στερεόω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strength, strong, and established. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4732 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 27 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 22 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4732, with linked reader references where each row is available.