steadfast
Morphhology:
Greek, Adjective
Definition:
ἑδραῖος, -ον (< ἕδρα, a seat), [in Sm: Ps 32 (33):14, al;] 1) sitting, seated. 2) steadfast, firm; metaph, of moral fixity: 1Co.7:37 15:58, Col.1:23. (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Adjective
Definition:
ἑδραῖος, α, ον, also ος, ον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
sitting, sedentary, of persons or their occupations, ἔργον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. ἀρχαί, opposed to στρατεῖαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) ἑδραία ῥάχις the horse's back
on which the rider sits, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
steady, steadfast, κάθησ᾽ ἑδραία [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. ὕπνος
sound sleep, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cup, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:
metaphorically in Rhet,
firmly based, κατάληξις [
Refs 4th c.BC+].
adverb -αίως
firmly, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+];
steadily, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.2)
permanently appointed, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
Pronounciation:
hed-rah'-yos
Definition:
sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable; settled, stedfast; from a derivative of (to sit);