Illustrations of English words derived from the Greek in the New Testament.
Gaylon West.
History of English word stereo-
before vowels stere-, word-forming element meaning "solid, firm; three-dimensional; stereophonic," from comb. form of Greek stereos "solid," from PIE *ster- (1) "stiff, rigid, firm, strong" (cognates: Greek steresthai "be deprived of," steira "sterile," sterphnios "stiff, rigid," sterphos "hide, skin;" Latin sterilis "barren, unproductive;" Sanskrit sthirah "hard, firm," starih "a barren cow;" Persian suturg "strong;" Lithuanian storas "thick," stregti "to become frozen;" Old Church Slavonic strublu "strong, hard," sterica "a barren cow," staru "old" (hence Russian stary "old"); Gothic stairo "barren;" Old Norse stirtla "a barren cow," Old English starian "to stare," stearc "stiff, strong, rigid," steorfan "to die," literally "become stiff," styrne "severe, strict").
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G4731 Thayer Definition:
1) strong, firm, immovable, solid, hard, rigid
1a) in a bad sense, cruel, stiff, stubborn, hard
1b) in a good sense, firm, steadfast
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G2476 histe¯mi (to stand).
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