Strong G4733στερέωμα
firmness
- Transliteration
- stereōma
- Pronunciation
- ster-eh'-o-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4732; something established that is (abstractly) confirmation (stability): - stedfastness.
Detailed definition
στερέωμα, -τος, τό
(στερεόω), [in LXX: Gen.1:6 ff., Psa.19:1 150:1, Eze.1:22-26 10:1 13:5, Dan LXX, TH Dan.3:56, Dan.12:3 (רָקִיעַ), Deu.33:26 (שַׁחַק), Psa.18:2 71:3 (סֶלַע), Est.9:29, I Est.8:78 (82), Sir.43:1, 8, 1Ma.9:14 *;]
a solid body;
__(a) a support, foundation (Arist., al.); metaphorically, strength (Psa.17:1-15 70:1-5, 1Mac, ll. with); steadfastness, firmness: τ. πίστεως, Col.2:5;
__(b) the dome of heaven (believed to be a solid canopy), the firmament (LXX).†
(AS)
(στερεόω), [in LXX: Gen.1:6 ff., Psa.19:1 150:1, Eze.1:22-26 10:1 13:5, Dan LXX, TH Dan.3:56, Dan.12:3 (רָקִיעַ), Deu.33:26 (שַׁחַק), Psa.18:2 71:3 (סֶלַע), Est.9:29, I Est.8:78 (82), Sir.43:1, 8, 1Ma.9:14 *;]
a solid body;
__(a) a support, foundation (Arist., al.); metaphorically, strength (Psa.17:1-15 70:1-5, 1Mac, ll. with); steadfastness, firmness: τ. πίστεως, Col.2:5;
__(b) the dome of heaven (believed to be a solid canopy), the firmament (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4733 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stedfastness1
First verses
- Colossians 2:5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
στερέ-ωμα, ατος, τό,
solid body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 8, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus cited in “Placita Philosophorum” 2.25.9.)]
b ἄϋλα σ. immaterial solids, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 425, compare 205.)]
2 foundation or framework, e.g. the skeleton, on which the body is, as it were, built, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 655a22)]; στερεώματος ἕνεκα τοῦ περιτρήτου to strengthen it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 95.8)]: metaphorically, solid part, strength of an army, [LXX (LXX.1Mac.9.14)]; also, ratification, ἐπιστολῆς[LXX (LXX.Est.9.29)]; steadfastness, τῆς πίστεως [NT (NT.Col.2.5.)]
3 ={στεῖρα} (of a ship), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.7.3.)]
4 firmament, i.e. the sky, the heaven above, [LXX+3rd c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.1.6, LXX.Eze.1.22, +others; τὸν τῶν οὐρανίων σ. δεσπότην “Tab.Defix.Aud.” 242.8 (Carthage, 3rd c.AD).)]
solid body, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 8, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus cited in “Placita Philosophorum” 2.25.9.)]
b ἄϋλα σ. immaterial solids, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 425, compare 205.)]
2 foundation or framework, e.g. the skeleton, on which the body is, as it were, built, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 655a22)]; στερεώματος ἕνεκα τοῦ περιτρήτου to strengthen it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 95.8)]: metaphorically, solid part, strength of an army, [LXX (LXX.1Mac.9.14)]; also, ratification, ἐπιστολῆς[LXX (LXX.Est.9.29)]; steadfastness, τῆς πίστεως [NT (NT.Col.2.5.)]
3 ={στεῖρα} (of a ship), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.7.3.)]
4 firmament, i.e. the sky, the heaven above, [LXX+3rd c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.1.6, LXX.Eze.1.22, +others; τὸν τῶν οὐρανίων σ. δεσπότην “Tab.Defix.Aud.” 242.8 (Carthage, 3rd c.AD).)]