Quick Definition
στερέωμα, ατος, τό n.n. firmness, steadfastness
Strong's Definition
something established, i.e. (abstractly) confirmation (stability)
Derivation: from G4732 (στερεόω);
KJV Usage: stedfastness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | στερεόω
74.20 · Able, Capable
firm position, being firm in, firmness, steadfastness a state of firm, inner strength
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στερέωμα, -τος, τό, (στερεόω), that which has been made Jjirm; a. (Vulg. jfirmamentum) the firmament; so Sept. for np, the arch of the sky, which in early times was thought to be solid, Gen. i. 6-8; Ezek. i. 22-26; Sir. xliii. 1, [ef. B. D. (esp. Am. ed.) 8. v. Firmament]; a fortified place, 1 Esdr. viii. 78 (80). b. that which Surnishes a foundation; on which a thing rests firmly, supe port: Aristot. partt. an. 2, 9,12 p. 655%, 22; κύριος στερέὠμά pov, Ps. xvii. (xviii.) 3. ce. firmness, steadfast. ness: τῆς πίστεως, Col. ii. 5 [some take it here metaph. in a military sense, solid front; ef. Bp. Lghtft. ad loc. (per contra Meyer) ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στερέωμα stereōma 1x
pr. what is solid and firm; met. firmness, steadfastness, constancy, Col. 2:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στερέωμα, -τος, τό
(< στερεόω), [in LXX: Ge 1:6 ff., Ps 18 (19):1 150:1, Ez 1:22-26 10:1 13:5, Da LXX, TH 3:(56), 12:3 (רָקִיעַ), De 33:26 (שׁחק), Ps 17 (18):2 70 (71):3 (סֶלַע), Es 9:29, I Es 8:78 (82), Si 43:1, 8, I Mac 9:14 * ;]
a solid body;
a support, foundation (Arist., al.); metaph., strength (Ps 17 70, I Mac, ll. c.); steadfastness, firmness: τ. πίστεως, Col 2:5;
the dome of heaven (believed to be a solid canopy), the firmament (LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στερέωμα. For the meaning ‘‘ firmament,” as in Gen 1°, cf. Wunsch AF p. 17%? (iii/A.D.) ὁρκίζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν τῶν οὐρανίων στερεωμάτων δεσπόΐζονται ᾿Ιάω ιβοηα. Σ τεφανᾶς. This proper name (1 Cor 115, 1618: 17) is eithera shortened form of Στεφανήφορος, or a development of Στέφανος (cf. Blass Gr. p. 71). See Lake Earlier Epistles, p. 328, on Στεφανᾶς as the ἀπαρχὴ τῆς “Axalas.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στερέωμα (stereōma) — firmness. στερέ-ωμα, ατος, τό, solid body, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b ἄϋλα σ. immaterial solids, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
2. foundation or framework, e.g. the skeleton, on which the body is, as it were, built, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στερεώματος ἕνεκα τοῦ περιτρήτου to strengthen it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: metaphorically, solid part, strength of an army, [LXX]; also, ratification, ἐπιστολῆς[LXX]; steadfastness, τῆς πίστεως [NT]
3. ={στεῖρα} (of a ship), [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. firmament, i.e. the sky, the heaven above, [LXX+3rd c.AD+]