Quick Definition
στεῖρος, α, ον n.f. barren
Strong's Definition
"sterile"
Derivation: a contraction from G4731 (στερεός) (as stiff and unnatural);
KJV Usage: barren
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στεῖρος, -a, -ov, (i- 4. στέρρος, στερεός q. V-; whence Germ. starr, Lat. sterilis), hard, stiff; of men and animals, barren: of a woman who does not conceive, Lk. i. 7,36; xxiii. 29; Gal.iv.27. (Hom., Theocr., Orph., Anthol.; Sept. for 1pj) 7773.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στεῖρα steira 5x
barren, incapable of bearing children, Lk. 1:7, 36; 23:29; Gal. 4:27; Heb. 11:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στεῖρος, -ον also -α, -ον,
[in LXX for עֲקֶרֶת, עֲקָרָה ;]
barren: of a woman, Lk 1:7, 36 23:29, Ga 4:27 (LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στεῖρος, “barren,” of a childless woman in Lk 17 a/.: for the form see Moulton Gy. ii. pp. 118, 157f. Στεῖρα, 1.6. * στερια, persists unchanged in MGr: see further Boisacq p. 906 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στεῖρα (steira) — barren. στεῖρα, ἡ, a cow or other animal __B that has not brought forth young, στεῖραν βοῦν.. ῥέξειν [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II of women, barren, [LXX+NT]; Μοῖρα σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of women past childbearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.2 not having had offspring, virgin, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit star[imacracute]s 'barren cow, heifer', Latin sterilis.)