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στεῖρα steira · G4723

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barren

στεῖρος, -ον also -α, -ον, ; [in LXX for עָקָר ; ] ; barren: of a woman, Luk.1:7, 36 23:29, Gal.4:27" (LXX) .†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

στεῖρα, ἡ, ; a cow or other animal ; B that has not brought forth young, στεῖραν βοῦν.. ῥέξειν []; B.II of women, barren, []; Μοῖρα σ. []; of women past childbearing, []; B.II.2 not having had offspring, virgin, []. (Cf. Sanskrit star[imacracute]s 'barren cow, heifer', Latin sterilis.)

Where it's used 4 times

Luke 1:7 · Luke 1:36 · Luke 23:29 · Galatians 4:27

Source: TBESG G4723; TFLSJ G4723

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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