What does στείρος (steíros) mean in the Bible?
στείρος (steíros) is a Greek word meaning ""sterile"".
Greek · G4723
στείρος
"Sterile"
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στείρος G4723
Pronunciation steíros
What does στείρος (steíros) mean in the Bible?
στείρος (steíros) is a Greek word meaning ""sterile"".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4723?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include barren (2), [O] barren woman (1), barren [women] (1), was barren (1).
Where does στείρος (steíros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Galatians (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It barren 2× Luke 1:7, Luke 1:36
[O] barren woman 1× Galatians 4:27
barren [women] 1× Luke 23:29
was barren 1× Hebrews 11:11
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 1:7 στεῖρα to barren Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 1:36 στείρᾳ to barren Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 23:29 στεῖραι to barren [women] Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural Galatians 4:27 στεῖρα to [O] barren woman Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular Hebrews 11:11 στεῖρα to was barren Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:7
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Luke 3 Galatians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
στεῖρα 3x steira Luke 1:7, Galatians 4:27, Hebrews 11:11
στείρᾳ 1x steira Luke 1:36
στεῖραι 1x steirai Luke 23:29
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Luke 1:7, Hebrews 11:11
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Luke 23:29
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 1:36
Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular 1x Galatians 4:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. "sterile"
Source Gloss
"sterile"
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 1:7 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
στεῖρα, steira
barren
Read verse Luke 1:36 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
στείρᾳ. steira
barren
Read verse Luke 23:29 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
στεῖραι, steirai
barren
Read verse Galatians 4:27 Noun Singular Feminine
στεῖρα steira
barren
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Word Origins
στείρος is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain