Quick Definition
firmness, steadfastness
Strong's Definition
stability (figuratively)
Derivation: from G4741 (στηρίζω);
KJV Usage: stedfastness
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στηριγμός, στηριγμοῦ, ὁ (στηρίζω), firm condition, steadfastness: of mind, 2Pe_3:17. (of a standing still, Diodorus 1, 81; Plutarch, mor., p. 76 d.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στηριγμός stērigmos 1x
pr. a fixing, settling; a state of firmness, fixedness; met. firmness of belief, settle frame of mind, 2Pe_3:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** στηριγμός , -οῦ , ὁ
( < στηρίζω ),
[in Sm .: Isa_3:1 * ;]
1. a setting firmly, supporting.
2. fixedness, firmness, steadfastness: 2Pe_3:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στηριγμός [page 589]
support, and hence steadfastness in its only NT occurrence ( 2Pe_3:17 ). The word is found in a papyrus dealing with the heavenly bodies, P Par 19 bis .13 (A.D. 138) (P. 237) Κρόνος ἐν Ὑδροχῷ , μοιρῶν Γ̄ , λεπτῶν Η̄ , ἐν τῷ Β̄ στηριγμῷ , ἰδίῳ οἴκῳ , ὁρίοις Ἑρμοῦ . For στήριγμα cf. P Lond 121 .509 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 100) ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁγίου στηρίγματος σεαυτὸν ἱδρύσας .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
στηριγμός στηριγμός, οῦ, ὁ, "a propping, supporting;" and (in pass. sense) "fixedness, steadfastness", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
στηριγμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(στηρίζω), [in Sm.: Isa.3:1 * ;]
__1. a setting firmly, supporting.
__2. fixedness, firmness, steadfastness: 2Pe.3:17.†
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