Quick Definition
στενός, ή, όν Adj narrow
Strong's Definition
probably from the base of 2476; narrow (from obstacles standing close about)
KJV Usage: strait
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στενός, -7, -dv, fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down, Sept. for WS, narrow, strait: πύλη, Mt. vii. 13, [14 (here L Tr br. πύλη)]; Lk. xiii. 24.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στενός stenos 3x
narrow, strait, Mt. 7:13, 14; Lk. 13:24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στενός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for צַר, etc. ;]
narrow: fig (v MM, xxiii), Mt 7:13, 14, Lk 13:24.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στενός (stenos) — narrow. στενός, Ionic dialect στεινός, ή, όν, Aeolic dialect στένος [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— narrow, opposed to εὐρύς, πλατύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψαλίς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν στενῷ, Ionic dialect στεινῷ, in a narrow space, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. ; ποιεῖν τὸν δῆμον εὐρὺν καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόροι, φλέβες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεφαλή, πόδες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. substantive, τὰ σ. the narrows, straits, of a pass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the straits of Gibraltar, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; so τὸ σ. the strait [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἡ στενή a narrow strip of land, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. passes, defiles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, close, confined, ἀπειληθέντες ἐς στεινόν driven into a corner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. scanty, petty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; small-minded, narrow-minded, in adverb comparative, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.3. of sound and style, thin, meagre, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; hard to pronounce, συλλαβὴ σ. καὶ δύστομος [Refs 5th c.BC+], στενότερος in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and στενοτάτου is required by the metre in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; the form στενώτερος is however found in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. adverb, στενῶς διακεῖσθαι to be in difficulties, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]