What does στερεόω (stereóō) mean in the Bible?
στερεόω (stereóō): Strengthen through making physically or spiritually firm; used for bodily healing and faith establishment in Acts.
Greek · G4732
στερεόω
To strengthen
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στερεόω G4732
Pronunciation stereóō
What does στερεόω (stereóō) mean in the Bible?
στερεόω (stereóō): Strengthen through making physically or spiritually firm; used for bodily healing and faith establishment in Acts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4732?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include has been made strong (1), were made strong (1), were strengthened (1).
Where does στερεόω (stereóō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 3:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
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 has been made strong 1× Acts 3:16
were made strong 1× Acts 3:7
were strengthened 1× Acts 16:5
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Acts 3:7 ἐστερεώθησαν to were made strong Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural Acts 3:16 ἐστερέωσεν to has been made strong Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 16:5 ἐστερεοῦντο to were strengthened Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 3:7
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Acts 3
Source forms
ἐστερεοῦντο 1x estereounto Acts 16:5
ἐστερεώθησαν 1x estereōthēsan Acts 3:7
ἐστερέωσεν 1x estereōsen Acts 3:16
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 3:16
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 3:7
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 16:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Strengthen through making physically or spiritually firm; used for bodily healing and faith establishment in Acts.
Strong's G4732
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 16:1-5 Source Gloss
to strengthen
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.
Acts 3:7 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐστερεώθησαν esterewqhsan
I strengthen, confirm, establish
Read verse Acts 3:16 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἐστερέωσε esterewsen
I strengthen, confirm, establish
Read verse Acts 16:5 Verb Third Person Plural Imperfect Passive Indicative
ἐστερεοῦντο estereounto
I strengthen, confirm, establish
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Aorist, Imperfect Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Aorist Passive Acts 3:7 1×
Aorist Active Acts 3:16 1×
Imperfect Passive Acts 16:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 imperfect 1
Voice
passive 2 active 1
Mood
indicative 3
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
To be made firm or established.
To be made firm, solid, or strong.
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
στερεόω is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Shows doctrinal clarity leading to congregational stability. Acts 16:1-5
The strengthening of the man’s feet and ankles confirms the completeness and immediacy of the healing. Acts 3:1-10
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