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Strong's G4741 στηρίζω (sterizo)

Sterizo means “set fast” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4741 — maqtsuah (“plane”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4741
Language Greek
Linked Usages 64
Books 25

Strong's G4741 Quick Answer

Strong's G4741 στηρίζω (sterizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sterizo (stay-rid'-zo) v. 1. to set fast 2. (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction It has 64 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include set and fixed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
sterizo (stay-rid'-zo) v. 1. to set fast 2. (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction
Usage
64 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
set and fixed

Meaning and Definition

sterizo (stay-rid'-zo) v. 1. to set fast 2. (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction 3. (figuratively) to confirm [from a presumed derivative of G2476 (like G4731)] KJV: fix, (e-)stablish, stedfastly set, strengthen Root(s): G2476, G4731

Original Word
στηρίζω
Transliteration
sterizo
Derivation
Root: στερεός R1: 2476 R2: 4731
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4741. 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 establish

Usage: στηρίζω [in LXX for סָמַךְ, שׂוּם, etc. ;] to fix, set fast, make fast: Luk.16:26; τ. πρόσωτον (Eze.6:2 13:17, al.; see Dalman, Words, 30 f.), Luk.9:51. Metaphorical, to confirm, establish: with, accusative, Luk.22:32, Act.18:23, Rom.1:11 16:25, 1Th.3:2 3:13, 2Th.3:3, Jas.5:8, 1Pe.5:10, Rev.3:2; id. before ἐν, 2Th.2:17, 2Pe.1:12.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4741 Is Translated

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

fixed Luke 16:26 set Luke 9:51

How Strong's G4741 Usage Compares

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

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 34 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4741 (στηρίζω) appears 52 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4741 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 G4741 in the New Testament

13 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 9:51 KJV

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

Luke 16:26 KJV

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Luke 22:32 KJV

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Strong's G4741 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

34 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 27:37 Septuagint / Brenton

And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with corn and wine, what then shall I do for thee, son?

Genesis 28:12 Septuagint / Brenton

and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.

Exodus 17:12 Septuagint / Brenton

But the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands one on this side and the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.

Strong's G4741 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

16 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 2:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Then answered the king’s officers, and said to Mattathias on this wise, Thou art a ruler, and an honorable and great man in this city, and strengthened with sons and brethren:

1 Maccabees 2:49 Septuagint / Brenton

Now when the time drew near that Mattathias should die, he said unto his sons, Now have pride and rebuke gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:

1 Maccabees 14:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Moreover he strengthened all those of his people that were brought low: the law he searched out; and every contemner of the law and wicked person he took away.

Strong's G4741 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 24:2 Septuagint / Brenton

fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east, one founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one of which

Usage Excerpts

First 64 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4741.

Genesis 27:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with corn and wine, what then shall I do for thee, son?
Genesis 28:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.
Exodus 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands one on this side and the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun.
Leviticus 13:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and if this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burned with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof.
Judges 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the fourth day that they rose early, and he stood up to depart; and the father of the damsel said to his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go.
Judges 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the father of the damsel said, Strengthen now thy heart, and quit thyself as a soldier till the day decline; and the two ate.
1 Kingdoms 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they are cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.
4 Kingdoms 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid with gold, and gave it to the king of the Assyrians.
4 Kingdoms 18:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See now, art thou trusting for thyself on this broken staff of reed, even upon Egypt? whosoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him.
Psalms 50:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: Establish me with thy directing Spirit.
Psalms 103:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And wine makes glad the heart of man, To make his face cheerful with oil: And bread strengthens man’s heart.
Psalms 110:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Established forever and ever, Done in truth and uprightness.
Psalms 111:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His heart is established, he shall not fear, Till he shall see his desire upon his enemies.
Proverbs 15:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he establishes the border of the widow.
Proverbs 16:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, And marks out with his lips all evils: He is a furnace of wickedness.
Proverbs 34:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Song of Solomon 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Strengthen me with perfumes, Stay me with apples: for I am wounded with love.
Isaiah 22:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it.
Isaiah 59:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he looked, and there was no man, and he observed, and there was none to help: so he defended them with his arm, and established them with his mercy.
Jeremiah 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go and read these words toward the north, and thou shalt say, Return to me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 17:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.
Jeremiah 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good: it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall consume it with fire.
Jeremiah 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will fix mine eyes upon them for good, and I will restore them into this land for good: and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
Ezekiel 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, set thy face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them;
Ezekiel 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man, set thy face firmly against the daughters of thy people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy against them.
Ezekiel 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate and ruined, and will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth of the fire, and yet fire shall devour them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set my face against them.
Ezekiel 21:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, set thy face against Thaeman, and look toward Darom, and prophesy against the chief forest of Negeb,
Ezekiel 21:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore prophesy, son of man, set thy face steadfastly toward Jerusalem, and look toward their holy places, and thou shalt prophesy against the land of Israel,
Ezekiel 25:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, set thy face steadfastly against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;
Ezekiel 28:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, set thy face against Sidon, and prophesy against it,
Ezekiel 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt:
Ezekiel 38:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, and the land of Magog, Rhos, prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
Amos 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if they should go into captivity before the face of their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes against them for evil, and not for good.
Luke 9:51 New Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
Luke 16:26 New Testament, KJV
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Luke 22:32 New Testament, KJV
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Romans 1:11 New Testament, KJV
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
Romans 16:25 New Testament, KJV
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
1 Thessalonians 3:2 New Testament, KJV
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
1 Thessalonians 3:13 New Testament, KJV
To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
2 Thessalonians 2:17 New Testament, KJV
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 New Testament, KJV
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
James 5:8 New Testament, KJV
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
1 Peter 5:10 New Testament, KJV
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
2 Peter 1:12 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Revelation 3:2 New Testament, KJV
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
1 Maccabees 2:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then answered the king’s officers, and said to Mattathias on this wise, Thou art a ruler, and an honorable and great man in this city, and strengthened with sons and brethren:
1 Maccabees 2:49 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when the time drew near that Mattathias should die, he said unto his sons, Now have pride and rebuke gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
1 Maccabees 14:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover he strengthened all those of his people that were brought low: the law he searched out; and every contemner of the law and wicked person he took away.
1 Maccabees 14:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and chased away in fight their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.
4 Maccabees 17:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as thou art established honorable before God, and fixed in the firmament with thy sons whom thou didst illuminate with religion to the stars.
Wisdom of Sirach 3:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the blessing of the father establisheth the houses of children; But the curse of the mother rooteth out foundations.
Wisdom of Sirach 5:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Be steadfast in thy understanding; And let thy word be the same.
Wisdom of Sirach 6:37 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord, And meditate continually in his commandments: He shall establish thy heart, And give thee wisdom at thine own desire.
Wisdom of Sirach 13:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: But a poor man being down is thrust also away by his friends.
Wisdom of Sirach 15:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall be stayed upon her, and shall not be moved; And shall rely upon her, and shall not be confounded.
Wisdom of Sirach 22:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As timber girded and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking: So the heart that is established by advised counsel shall fear at no time.
Wisdom of Sirach 24:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
In the holy tabernacle I served before him; And so was I established in Zion.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But they will maintain the state of the world, And all their desire is in the work of their craft. But he that giveth his mind to the law of the most High, And is occupied in the meditation thereof,
Wisdom of Sirach 39:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, And thought upon these things, and have left them in writing.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Children and the building of a city continue a man’s name: But a blameless wife is counted above them both.
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.
1 Enoch 24:2 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
fire which burnt day and night. And I went beyond it and saw seven magnificent mountains all differing each from the other, and the stones (thereof) were magnificent and beautiful, magnificent as a whole, of glorious appearance and fair exterior: three towards the east, one founded on the other, and three towards the south, one upon the other, and deep rough ravines, no one of which

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4741, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 11 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4741 FAQ

What does sterizo (στηρίζω) mean?

Sterizo (Strong's G4741) is a Greek word most simply glossed "set fast". sterizo (stay-rid'-zo) v. 1. to set fast 2. (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction

How many times is sterizo (στηρίζω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 64 linked usages for Strong's G4741 across 25 books.

Where can I study sterizo (στηρίζω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4741 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate sterizo (στηρίζω)?

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

Does Strong's G4741 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 34 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 16 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4741, with linked reader references where each row is available.