Stedfastly Stedfast Stedfastness

Stedfastly Stedfast Stedfastness

'''A — 1: βέβαιος (Strong'S #949 — Adjective — bebaios — beb'-ah-yos )

"firm, secure" (akin to baino, "to go"), is translated "steadfast" in  2 Corinthians 1:7;  Hebrews 2:2;  3:14 , Av (Rv, "firm"); 6:19. See Firm , Force , Sure.

'''A — 2: ἑδραῖος (Strong'S #1476 — Adjective — hedraios — hed-rah'-yos )

primarily denotes "seated" (hedra, "a seat"); hence, "steadfast," metaphorical of moral fixity,  1 Corinthians 7:37;  15:58;  Colossians 1:23 , Rv (Av, "settled").

'''A — 3: στερεός (Strong'S #4731 — Adjective — stereos — ster-eh-os' )

firm, is rendered "steadfast" in  1 Peter 5:9 . See Firm , No. 2.

'''B — 1: στερέωμα (Strong'S #4733 — Noun Neuter — stereoma — ster-eh'-o-mah )

primarily "a support, foundation," denotes "strength, steadfastness,"  Colossians 2:5 . In the Sept., in  Genesis 1:6;  Ezekiel 1:22 , it is used of the firmanent, which was believed to be a solid canopy. The corresponding Heb. word raqia means "expanse," from raqa, "to spread out."

'''B — 2: στηριγμός (Strong'S #4740 — Noun Masculine — sterigmos — stay-rig-mos' )

"a setting firmly, supporting," then "fixedness, steadfastness" (akin to sterizo, "to establish"), is used in  2 Peter 3:17 .

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