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Lexicon :: Strong's G4733 - stereōma

Aa
στερέωμα
Transliteration
stereōma (Key)
Pronunciation
ster-eh'-o-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
23x in 4 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:609,1077

Strong’s Definitions

στερέωμα steréōma, ster-eh'-o-mah; from G4732; something established, i.e. (abstractly) confirmation (stability):—stedfastness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4733 in the following manner: stedfastness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4733 in the following manner: stedfastness (1x).

  1. that which has been made firm

    1. the firmament, the arch of the sky, which in early times was thought to be solid

      1. a fortified place

    2. that which furnishes a foundation

      1. on which a thing rests firmly, support

    3. firmness, steadfastness

      1. metaph. in a military sense: solid front

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στερέωμα steréōma, ster-eh'-o-mah; from G4732; something established, i.e. (abstractly) confirmation (stability):—stedfastness.
STRONGS G4733:
στερέωμα στερεώματος, τό (στερεόω), that which has been made firm;
a. (Vulg.firmamentum) the firmament; so the Sept. for רָקִיעַ, the arch of the sky, which in early times was thought to be solid, Genesis 1:6-8; Ezekiel 1:22-26; Sir. 43:1 (cf. B. D. (especially American edition) under the word ); a fortified place, 1 Esdr. 8:78 (80).
b. that which furnishes a foundation; on which a thing rests firmly, support: Aristotle, partt. an. 2, 9, 12, p. 655{a}, 22; κύριος στερέωμα μου, Psalm 17:3 (Ps. 18:3).
c. firmness, steadfastness: τῆς πίστεως, Colossians 2:5 (some take it here metaphorically in a military sense, solid front; cf. Lightfoot at the passage (per contra Meyer)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:6; 1:7; 1:8
Psalms
17:3; 18:3
Ezekiel
1:22; 1:23; 1:24; 1:25; 1:26
Colossians
2:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4733 matches the Greek στερέωμα (stereōma),
which occurs 23 times in 21 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15 - and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 -
There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun,
Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help,
And in his excellency on the skies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 -
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 -
Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
Thou hast given commandment to save me;
For thou art my rock and my fortress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4 -
For there are no pangs in their death;
But their strength is firm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1 -
Praise ye Jehovah.
Praise God in his sanctuary:
Praise him in the firmament of his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like the terrible crystal to look upon, stretched forth over their heads above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
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