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Lexicon :: Strong's G4716 - stauros

Aa
σταυρός
Transliteration
stauros (Key)
Pronunciation
stow-ros'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of ἵστημι (G2476)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:572,1071

Strong’s Definitions

σταυρός staurós, stow-ros'; from the base of G2476; a stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ:—cross.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G4716 in the following manner: cross (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G4716 in the following manner: cross (28x).

  1. a cross

    1. a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves

    2. the crucifixion which Christ underwent

  2. an upright "stake", esp. a pointed one, used as such in fences or palisades

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σταυρός staurós, stow-ros'; from the base of G2476; a stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ:—cross.
STRONGS G4716:
σταυρός, σταυροῦ, ὁ (from ἵστημι (root sta); cf. Latinstauro, English staff (see Skeat, Etymological Dictionary, under the word); Curtius, § 216; Vanicek, p. 1126);
1. an upright stake, especially a pointed one (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon).
2. a cross;
a. the well-known instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abetters of insurrections, and occasionally in the provinces, at the arbitrary pleasure of the governors, upright and peaceable men also, and even Roman citizens themselves; cf. Winers RWB, under the word Kreuzigung; Merz in Herzog edition 1 ((cf. Schaff-Herzog) also Schultze in Herzog edition 2), under the word Kreuz; Keim, iii., p. 409ff. (English translation, vi. 138; BB. DD., see under the words, Cross, Crucifixion; O. Zöckler, Das Kreuz Christi (Gütersloh, 1875); English translation, Lond. 1878; Fulda, Das Kreuz u. d. Kreuzigung (Bresl. 1878); Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 582ff). This horrible punishment the innocent Jesus also suffered: Matthew 27:32, 40, 42; Mark 15:21, 30, 32; Luke 23:26; John 19:17, 19, 25, 31; Colossians 2:14; Hebrews 12:2; θάνατος σταυροῦ, Philippians 2:8; τό αἷμα τοῦ σταυροῦ, blood shed on the cross; Colossians 1:20.
b. equivalent to the crucifixion which Christ underwent: Galatians 5:11 (on which see σκάνδαλον, under the end); Ephesians 2:16; with the addition of τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 1 Corinthians 1:17; the saving power of his crucifixion, Philippians 3:18 (on which see ἐχθρός, at the end); Galatians 6:14; τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ διώκεσθαι, to encounter persecution on account of one's avowed belief in the saving efficacy of Christ's crucifixion, Galatians 6:12; ὁ λόγος ὁ τοῦ σταυροῦ, the doctrine concerning the saving power of the death on the cross endured by Christ, 1 Corinthians 1:18. The judicial usage which compelled those condemned to crucifixion themselves to carry the cross to the place of punishment (Plutarch, de sara numinis vindict. c. 9; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 56, cf. John 19:17), gave rise to the proverbial expression αἴρειν or λαμβάνειν or βαστάζειν τόν σταυρόν αὐτοῦ, which was usually used by those who, on behalf of God's cause, do not hesitate cheerfully and manfully to bear persecutions, troubles, distresses — thus recalling the fate of Christ and the spirit in which he encountered it (cf. Bleek, Synop. Erkl. der drei ersten Evangg. i, p. 439f): Matthew 10:38; Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Mark 10:21 (R L in brackets); Mark 15:21; Luke 9:23; Luke 14:27.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:38; 16:24; 27:32; 27:40; 27:42
Mark
8:34; 10:21; 15:21; 15:21; 15:30; 15:32
Luke
9:23; 14:27; 23:26
John
19:17; 19:17; 19:19; 19:25; 19:31
1 Corinthians
1:17; 1:18
Galatians
5:11; 6:12; 6:14
Ephesians
2:16
Philippians
2:8; 3:18
Colossians
1:20; 2:14
Hebrews
12:2

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Strong's Number G4716 matches the Greek σταυρός (stauros),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - “And the one who G3739 does not take G2983 his cross G4716 and follow G190 after G3694 Me is not worthy G514 of Me.

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Then G5119 Jesus G2424 said G3004 to His disciples G3101, “If G1487 anyone G5100 wants G2309 to come G2064 after G3694 Me, he must deny G533 himself G1438, take G142 up G142 his cross G4716, and follow G190 Me.

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As they were coming G1831 out G1831, they found G2147 a man G444 of G2956 Cyrene G2956 named G3686 Simon G4613, [fn]whom G3778 they compelled G29 to carry G142 His [fn]cross G4716.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - and saying G3004, “You who are going to destroy G2647 the temple G3485 and rebuild G3618 it in three G5140 days G2250, save G4982 Yourself G4572! If G1487 You are the Son G5207 of God G2316, come G2597 down G2597 from the cross G4716.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:42 - “He saved G4982 others G243; [fn]He cannot G1410 G3756 save G4982 Himself G1438! He is the King G935 of Israel G2474; let Him now G3568 come G2597 down G2597 from the cross G4716, and we will believe G4100 in Him.

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And He summoned G4341 the crowd G3793 together G4862 with His disciples G3101, and said G3004 to them, “If G1487 anyone G5100 wants G2309 to come G2064 after G3694 Me, he must deny G533 himself G1438, take G142 up G142 his cross G4716, and follow G190 Me.

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And they *compelled G29 a passer-by G3855 coming G2064 from the country G68, Simon G4613 of G2956 Cyrene G2956 (the father G3962 of Alexander G223 and Rufus G4504), to carry G142 His cross G4716.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:30 - save G4982 Yourself G4572 by coming G2597 down G2597 from the cross G4716!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:32 - “Let this Christ G5547, the King G935 of Israel G2474, come G2597 down G2597 now G3568 from the cross G4716, so G2443 that G2443 we may see G3708 and believe G4100!” Those G3588 who were crucified G4957 with Him were also G2532 insulting G3679 Him.

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And He was saying G3004 to them all G3956, “If G1487 anyone G5100 wants G2309 to come G2064 after G3694 Me, he must deny G720 himself G1438, take G142 up G142 his cross G4716 daily G2596 G2250, and follow G190 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - “Whoever G3748 does not carry G941 his own G1438 cross G4716 and come G2064 after G3694 Me cannot G1410 G3756 be My disciple G3101.

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And when G5613 they led G520 Him away G520, they seized G1949 a man G5100, Simon G4613 of G2956 Cyrene G2956, as he was coming G2064 in from the country G68, and placed G2007 on G2007 him the cross G4716 to carry G5342 behind G3693 Jesus G2424.

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They took G3880 Jesus G2424, therefore G3767, and He went G1831 out G1831, [fn]carrying G941 His own G1438 cross G4716, to the place called G3004 the Place G5117 of a Skull G2898, which G3739 in [fn]Hebrew G1447 is called G3004, Golgotha G1115.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:19 - Now G1161 Pilate G4091 also G2532 wrote G1125 an inscription G5102 and put G5087 it on the cross G4716. It was written G1125: “JESUS G2424 THE NAZARENE G3480, THE KING G935 OF THE JEWS G2453.”

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Now G1161 beside G3844 the cross G4716 of Jesus G2424 stood G2476 His mother G3384, His mother’s G3384 sister G79, Mary G3137 the wife of Clopas G2832, and Mary G3137 Magdalene G3094.

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Now G3767 then G3767, since G1893 it was the day G3904 of G3904 preparation G3904, to prevent G3363 the bodies G4983 from remaining G3306 on the cross G4716 on the Sabbath G4521 ([fn]for that Sabbath G4521 was a high G3173 day G2250), the Jews G2453 requested G2065 of Pilate G4091 that their legs G4628 be broken G2608, and the bodies be taken G142 away G142.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:17 - For Christ G5547 did not send G649 me to baptize G907, but to preach G2097 the gospel G2097, not with [fn]cleverness G4678 of speech G3056, so G2443 that G2443 the cross G4716 of Christ G5547 would not be made G2758 of G2758 no G2758 effect G2758.

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For the word G3056 of the cross G4716 is foolishness G3472 to those G3588 who [fn]are perishing G622, but to us who [fn]are being saved G4982 it is the power G1411 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:11 - But as for me, brothers G80 and sisters, if G1487 I still G2089 preach G2784 circumcision G4061, why G5101 am I still G2089 persecuted G1377? Then G686 the stumbling G4625 block G4625 of the cross G4716 has been eliminated G2673.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:12 - All G3745 who G3745 want G2309 to make G2146 a G2146 good G2146 showing G2146 in the flesh G4561 try to compel G315 you to be circumcised G4059, simply G3440 so G2443 that G2443 they will not be persecuted G1377 for the cross G4716 of Christ G5547.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:14 - But [fn]far G3361 be it from G3361 me to boast G2744, except G1508 in the cross G4716 of our Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547, through G1223 [fn]which G3739 the world G2889 has been crucified G4717 to me, and I to the world G2889.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:16 - and that He might reconcile G604 them both G297 in one G1520 body G4983 to God G2316 through G1223 the cross G4716, [fn]by it having put G615 to G615 death G615 the hostility G2189.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:8 - And being found G2147 in appearance G4976 as a man G444, He humbled G5013 Himself G1438 by becoming G1096 obedient G5255 to the point G3360 of death G2288: death G2288 [fn]on a cross G4716.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:18 - For many G4183 walk G4043, of whom G3739 I often G4178 told G3004 you, and now G3568 tell G3004 you even G2532 as I weep G2799, that they are the enemies G2190 of the cross G4716 of Christ G5547,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:20 - and through G1223 Him to reconcile G604 all G3956 things G3956 to Himself G846, whether G1535 things on earth G1093 or G1535 things in [fn]heaven G3772, having made G1517 peace G1517 through G1223 the blood G129 of His cross G4716.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:14 - having canceled G1813 the certificate G5498 of G5498 debt G5498 consisting of decrees G1378 against G2596 us, which G3739 was hostile G5227 to us; and He has taken G142 it out of the way G3319, having nailed G4338 it to the cross G4716.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:2 - looking G872 only G872 at Jesus G2424, the [fn]originator G747 and perfecter G5051 of the faith G4102, who G3739 for the joy G5479 set G4295 before G4295 Him endured G5278 the cross G4716, despising G2706 the shame G152, and has sat G2523 down G2523 at the right G1188 hand G1188 of the throne G2362 of God G2316.
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