Quick Definition
στηριγμός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. firmness, steadfastness
Strong's Definition
from 4741; stability (figuratively)
KJV Usage: stedfastness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στηριγμός, -ov, ὁ, (στηρίζω), firm condition, stead fastness: of mind, 2 Pet. iii. 17. (of a standing still, Diod. 1, 81; Plut. mor. p. 76 ἃ.) ἢ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στηριγμός stērigmos 1x
pr. a fixing, settling; a state of firmness, fixedness; met. firmness of belief, settle frame of mind, 2 Pet. 3:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** στηριγμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< στηρίζω), [in Sm.: Is 3:1 * ;]
a setting firmly, supporting.
fixedness, firmness, steadfastness: II Pe 3:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στηριγμός, “*support,” and hence “steadfastness” in its only NT occurrence (2 Pet 317). The word is found in a papyrus dealing with the heavenly bodies, P Par 19>i#13 (a.p. 138) (p. 237) Κρόνος ἐν Ὑδροχῷ, μοιρῶν T, λεπτῶν H, ἐν τῷ B στηριγμῷ, ἰδίῳ οἴκῳ, ὁρίοις “Eppod. For στήριγμα cf. P Lond 121°" (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 100) 6 ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁγίου στηρίγματος σεαυτὸν ἱδρύσας. ,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στηριγμός (stērigmos) — security. στηριγ-μός, ὁ, being fixed, standing still, τῶν πλανήτων ἀστέρων [Refs 1st c.BC+] bis[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2. fixedness, of steady light, opposed to flashing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, ἐκπεσεῖν τοῦ ἰδίου σ. from your proper firmness, [NT]
4. Rhet., sustaining of the voice on certain words or syllables, so as to give them force, αἱ μακραὶ συλλαβαί, στηριγμούς τινας ἔχουσαι καὶ ἐγκαθίσματα [Refs 1st c.BC+]; στηριγμοὺς ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα τὰ ὀνόματα mutual support, buttressing, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; compare ἀντιστηριγμός.