STRONGS G4731:
στερεός,
στερεά,
στερεόν (
Vanicek, p. 1131;
Curtius, § 222), from
Homer down,
firm, solid, compact, hard, rigid:
λίθος,
Homer Odyssey 19, 494;
strong, firm, immovable, θεμέλιος,
2 Timothy 2:19;
τροφή, solid food,
Hebrews 5:12,
14;
στερεωτερα τροφή,
Diodorus 2, 4;
Epictetus diss. 2, 16, 39; tropically, in a bad sense,
cruel, stiff, stubborn, hard; often so in Greek writings from
Homer down:
κραδιη στερεωτερη λιθοιο, Odyssey 23, 103; in a good sense,
firm, steadfast:
τῇ πίστει, as respects faith, firm of faith (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 31, 6 a.),
1 Peter 5:9 (see
στερεόω, at the end).
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