Strong G1476ἑδραῖος
steadfast
- Transliteration
- hedraios
- Pronunciation
- hed-rah'-yos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From a derivative of ἕζομαι hezomai (to sit);
sedentary that is (by implication) immovable: - settled stedfast.
sedentary that is (by implication) immovable: - settled stedfast.
Detailed definition
ἑδραῖος, -ον (ἕδρα, a seat), [in Sm.: Ps 32 (33):14, al.;]
1. sitting, seated.
2. steadfast, firm; metaphorically, of moral fixity: 1Co.7:37 15:58, Col.1:23.
† (AS)
1. sitting, seated.
2. steadfast, firm; metaphorically, of moral fixity: 1Co.7:37 15:58, Col.1:23.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1476 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stedfast2
- settle1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 7:37Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
- Colossians 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἑδραῖος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288d)]:— sitting, sedentary, of persons or their occupations, ἔργον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.3)]; ἑ. ἀρχαί, opposed to στρατεῖαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407b; ἑ. βίος “Anthologia Graeca” 11.42 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus).)]
2 ἑδραία ῥάχις the horse's back on which the rider sits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 783.)]
II steady, steadfast, κάθησ᾽ ἑδραία [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Andr.” 266; δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα ὥσπερ κύβον ἑδραῖον εἶναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288d, compare952d; κύβος -ότατον σῶμα 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 98c; ἑ. βάσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59d; ἑδραιότατον στοιχεῖον εἶναι τὴν γῆν 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Allegoriae Quaestiones Homericae” 41; ὂν τὸ πάντων -ότατον 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.2.8)]; ἑ. ὕπνος sound sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.4.15)]; of a cup, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.496a)]: metaphorically in Rhet., firmly based, κατάληξις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 19, compare 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 40.4)]. adverb -αίως firmly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 36.10, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.14.5)]; steadily, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 3.21.)]
II.2 permanently appointed, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (PStrassb. 40.11 (6th c.AD).)]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288d)]:— sitting, sedentary, of persons or their occupations, ἔργον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.3)]; ἑ. ἀρχαί, opposed to στρατεῖαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407b; ἑ. βίος “Anthologia Graeca” 11.42 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus).)]
2 ἑδραία ῥάχις the horse's back on which the rider sits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 783.)]
II steady, steadfast, κάθησ᾽ ἑδραία [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Andr.” 266; δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα ὥσπερ κύβον ἑδραῖον εἶναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288d, compare952d; κύβος -ότατον σῶμα 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 98c; ἑ. βάσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59d; ἑδραιότατον στοιχεῖον εἶναι τὴν γῆν 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Allegoriae Quaestiones Homericae” 41; ὂν τὸ πάντων -ότατον 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.2.8)]; ἑ. ὕπνος sound sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.4.15)]; of a cup, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.496a)]: metaphorically in Rhet., firmly based, κατάληξις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 19, compare 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 40.4)]. adverb -αίως firmly, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 36.10, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.14.5)]; steadily, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 3.21.)]
II.2 permanently appointed, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (PStrassb. 40.11 (6th c.AD).)]