strong

Greek Adjective

στερεός, -ά, -όν [in LXX: Num.8:4 (מִקְשָׁה); σ. πέτρα, Isa.5:28 (צַר), etc;] hard, firm, solid: τροψή, Heb.5:12, 14; θεμέλιος, figuratively, 2Ti.2:19. Metaphorical, (a) in bad sense, hard, cruel (Hom, al.); (b) in good sense, steadfast, firm: τ. πίστει, 1Pe.5:9. (AS)

strong

Greek Adjective

στερεός, ά, όν, also στερρός (which see), firm, solid, σ. λίθος ἠὲ σίδηρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰχμὴ σ. πᾶσα χρυσέη all of solid gold, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ -ώτερα τῶν ὀστέων, opposed to τὰ ἀραιότερα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σ, opposed to κενόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to μαλθακός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυσὶ σ. καὶ ἰσχνοῖς, opposed to προβάτοις πίοσι καὶ ἁπαλοῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. κέρας solid, opposed to κοῖλον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στερεὰ τροφή solid food, [NT+1st c.BC+]; τὸ σ. σῶμα, opposed to ὁ χυλός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. κοιλίη costive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ρεῶς firmly, fast, κατέδησαν [Refs 8th c.BC+] b) of money, standard, of full value, ἀργυρίου στερεὰ τάλαντα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; so perhaps of sums due in kind, πυροῦ στερεοῦ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; and of linear and square measures, τῆς προσούσης αὐλῆς πηχῶν σ. ὀκτὼ τὸ ἐπιβάλλον αὐτῷ μέρος ἥμισυ πήχεις σ. τέσσερας eight (four) standard cubits, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πόδες σ. standard feet, [Refs]; μέτρημα σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+] c) ὠρύγη ποταμὸς ἐπὶ τὰ τρία σ. the ditch was restored by digging to its three normal dimensions, [Refs 1st c.AD+], compare 673, where the Latin version has at tria soldu (m). 2) metaphorically, stiff, stubborn, στερεοῖς ἐπέεσσι, opposed to μειλιχίοις, [Refs 8th c.BC+]. adverb -ρεῶς, ἀποειπεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) later, hard, stubborn, cruel, πῦρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο ἤδη -ώτερον harder, more difficult, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) of language, τὸ εὔτονον καὶ σ. solidity, [Refs 1st c.BC+] 5) σ. ζῴδια, i.e. productive of settled conditions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II) of bodies and quantities, solid, cubic, opposed to ἐπίπεδος (plane), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. γωνία a solid angle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. ἀριθμός a cubic number, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. cubic numbers, representing bodies of three dimensions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: dative singular στερεῷ in the third power, [Refs]. (Cf. Sanskrit sthirás 'firm, hard, solid', OHG. star 'rigid', O[Refs 5th c.BC+] starian 'stare fixedly'.)

Greek

Adjective

stiff, i.e. solid, stable (literally or figuratively); stedfast, strong, sure; from g2476 (ἵστημι)