What does στενός (stenós) mean in the Bible?
στενός (stenós): Narrow passage with obstacles pressing close; figuratively, the difficult, restrictive path to salvation.
Greek · G4728
στενός
Narrow (from obstacles standing close about)
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στενός G4728
Pronunciation stenós
What does στενός (stenós) mean in the Bible?
στενός (stenós): Narrow passage with obstacles pressing close; figuratively, the difficult, restrictive path to salvation.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4728?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include narrow (2), small [is] (1).
Where does στενός (stenós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Luke (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 narrow 2× Matthew 7:13, Luke 13:24
small [is] 1× Matthew 7:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:13
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Luke 1
Source forms
στενῆς 2x stenēs Matthew 7:13, Luke 13:24
στενὴ 1x stenē Matthew 7:14
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 7:13, Luke 13:24
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 7:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Narrow passage with obstacles pressing close; figuratively, the difficult, restrictive path to salvation.
Strong's G4728
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 13:22–30 Source Gloss
narrow (from obstacles standing close about)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Narrow passage with obstacles pressing close; figuratively, the difficult, restrictive path to salvation.
narrow: fig (v MM, xxiii), Mat.7:13-14, Luk.13:24.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:13 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
στενῆς stenhv
narrow
Read verse Matthew 7:14 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
στενὴ stenh
narrow
Read verse Luke 13:24 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
στενῆς stenhv
narrow
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 7:14 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 7:13 · Luke 13:24 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Additional Occurrences
Luke 13:22–30 στενῆς stenós
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New Testament Witnesses
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Word Origins
στενός is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Indicates exclusivity and limited access.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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