Lexical Summary steiros: barren Original Word: στεῖροςTransliteration: steiros Phonetic Spelling: (sti'-ros) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: barren Meaning: barren Strong's Concordance barren. A contraction from stereos (as stiff and unnatural); "sterile" -- barren. see GREEK stereos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4723: στεῖροςστεῖρος, στεῖρα, στειρον (equivalent to στερρός, στερεός which see; whence German starr, Latinsterilis), hard, stiff; of men and animals, barren: of a woman who does not conceive, Luke 1:7, 36; Luke 23:29; Galatians 4:27. (Homer, Theocritus, the Orphica, Anthol.; the Sept. for עָקָר עֲקָרָה.) |