Strong G4723στεῖρα
barren
- Transliteration
- steiros
- Pronunciation
- sti'-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
A contraction from G4731 (as stiff and unnatural); sterile: - barren.
Detailed definition
στεῖρος, -ον also -α, -ον,
[in LXX for עָקָר;]
barren: of a woman, Luk.1:7, 36 23:29, Gal.4:27" (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX for עָקָר;]
barren: of a woman, Luk.1:7, 36 23:29, Gal.4:27" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4723 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- barren4
First verses
- Luke 1:7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
- Luke 1:36And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
- Luke 23:29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
- Galatians 4:27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
στεῖρα, ἡ,
a cow or other animal
B that has not brought forth young, στεῖραν βοῦν.. ῥέξειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.522; αἶγα στεῖραν “PCair.Zen.” 429.15 (3rd c.BC).)]
B.II of women, barren, [LXX+NT (Diocl.fragment 29, LXX.Gen.11.30, 25.21, NT.Luke.1.7, 36)]; Μοῖρα σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.468 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); στείρῃσι γυναιξί 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 459)]; of women past childbearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.127: _metaphorically_, στεῖρα διάνοια, φύσις, ψυχή, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.441, 636, 478.)]
B.II.2 not having had offspring, virgin, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 670, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 17)]. (Cf. Sanskrit star[imacracute]s 'barren cow, heifer', Latin sterilis.)
a cow or other animal
B that has not brought forth young, στεῖραν βοῦν.. ῥέξειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.522; αἶγα στεῖραν “PCair.Zen.” 429.15 (3rd c.BC).)]
B.II of women, barren, [LXX+NT (Diocl.fragment 29, LXX.Gen.11.30, 25.21, NT.Luke.1.7, 36)]; Μοῖρα σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.468 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); στείρῃσι γυναιξί 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 459)]; of women past childbearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.127: _metaphorically_, στεῖρα διάνοια, φύσις, ψυχή, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.441, 636, 478.)]
B.II.2 not having had offspring, virgin, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 670, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 17)]. (Cf. Sanskrit star[imacracute]s 'barren cow, heifer', Latin sterilis.)