στερεός, -d, -όν, [Vanivek p. 1131; Curtius § 222], fr. Hom. down, jirm, solid, compact, hard, rigid: λίθος, Hom. Od. 19, 494; strong, firm, immovable, θεμέλιος, 2 Tim. ii. 19; τροφή, solid food, Heb. ν. 12, 14; στερεωτέρα τροφή, Diod. 2,4; Epictet. diss. 2, 16, 39; trop., in a bad sense, cruel, stiff, stubborn, hard; often so in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down: κραδίη στερεωτέρη λίθοιο, Od. 23,103; in a good sense, firm, steadfast: τῇ πίστει, as respects faith, firm of faith [οἵ. W. § 31, 6 a.], 1 Pet. v. 9 (see στερεόω, fin.).

στερεός stereos 4x

stiff, hard; of food, solid, as opposed to what is liquid and light, Heb. 5:12, 14; firm, steadfast, 2 Tim. 2:19; 1 Pet. 5:9*

στερεός, -ά, -όν

[in LXX: Nu 8:4 (מִקְשָׁה); σ. πέτρα, Is 5:28 (צַר), etc. ;]

hard, firm, solid: τροψή, He 5:12, 14; θεμέλιος, fig., II Ti 2:19. Metaph.,

in bad sense, hard, cruel (Hom., al.);

in good sense, steadfast, firm: τ. πίστει, I Pe 5:9.†

στερεός, lit. ‘‘ firm,” ‘‘ solid,” is frequently applied to grain in the sense of ‘“‘hard,” i.e. ‘ripe’: P Oxy IV. 836 (i/B.c.) πυρὸν στερεὸν νέον καθαρὸν ἄδολον, 72. XIV. 1629 (B.C. 44) πυροῦ. . στερεοῦ ἀκρίθου, ““οἵ hard wheat, unmixed with barley” (Edd.). In P Reinach 88 (8.6. 113112) τοῦ προγεγραμμένου πυροῦ στερεοῦ, the editor renders στερεοῦ by ‘‘compacte”’: cf. 2b. 92° (B.c. 112). Other exx. of the adj. are P Petr II. 4 (1)8 (B.c. 255-4) els τὴν στερεὰν πέτραν, BGU IV. 1205%8 (B.c. 28) στερεὸν μὴ κενόν, ‘strong not worthless,” said of a counterpane, P Fay 1218 (c. A.D. 100) ζυγόδεσμον καινὸν στερεόν, ‘a new strong yoke-band ” (Edd.), and the Christian P Hamb I. 227 (iv/A.D.) ἐχθροὺς ἡμετέρους στερεαῖς ἐνὶ χερσὶ πατάσσων (cf. Ps 34 (35)}). In P Lond 1204!® (B.c. 113) (= III. p. 11) πῆχὺν στερεοῦ denotes a measurement which is understood by the editors to be akin to the πῆχυς οἰκοπεδικός = 100 square cubits or τὴν of an aroura.

στερεός (stereos) — strong. στερεός, ά, όν, also στερρός (which see), firm, solid, σ. λίθος ἠὲ σίδηρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰχμὴ σ. πᾶσα χρυσέη all of solid gold, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ -ώτερα τῶν ὀστέων, opposed to τὰ ἀραιότερα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σ., opposed to κενόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to μαλθακός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυσὶ σ. καὶ ἰσχνοῖς, opposed to προβάτοις πίοσι καὶ ἁπαλοῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. κέρας solid, opposed to κοῖλον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στερεὰ τροφή solid food, [NT+1st c.BC+]; τὸ σ. σῶμα, opposed to ὁ χυλός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; σ. κοιλίη costive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ρεῶς firmly, fast, κατέδησαν [Refs 8th c.BC+] __b of money, standard, of full value, ἀργυρίου στερεὰ τάλαντα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; so perhaps of sums due in kind, πυροῦ στερεοῦ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; and of linear and square measures, τῆς προσούσης αὐλῆς πηχῶν σ. ὀκτὼ τὸ ἐπιβάλλον αὐτῷ μέρος ἥμισυ πήχεις σ. τέσσερας eight (four) standard cubits, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πόδες σ. standard feet, [Refs]; μέτρημα σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __c ὠρύγη ποταμὸς ἐπὶ τὰ τρία σ. the ditch was restored by digging to its three normal dimensions, [Refs 1st c.AD+], compare 673, where the Latin version has at tria soldu (m).

2. metaphorically, stiff, stubborn, στερεοῖς ἐπέεσσι, opposed to μειλιχίοις, [Refs 8th c.BC+]. adverb -ρεῶς, ἀποειπεῖν [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. later, hard, stubborn, cruel, πῦρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο ἤδη -ώτερον harder, more difficult, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. of language, τὸ εὔτονον καὶ σ. solidity, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

5. σ. ζῴδια, i.e. productive of settled conditions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II. of bodies and quantities, solid, cubic, opposed to ἐπίπεδος (plane), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. γωνία a solid angle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. ἀριθμός a cubic number, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. cubic numbers, representing bodies of three dimensions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: dative singular στερεῷ in the third power, [Refs]. (Cf. Sanskrit sthirás 'firm, hard, solid', OHG. star 'rigid', O[Refs 5th c.BC+] starian 'stare fixedly'.)