hedraios

Strong’sG1476

firm, steadfast

stem hedrai-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

**ἑδραῖος, -ον (< ἕδρα, a seat), [in Sm.: Ps 32 (33):14, al.;]

1. sitting, seated.

2. steadfast, firm; metaph., of moral fixity: I Co 7:37 15:58, Col 1:23.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1476 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhed-rah'-yos

sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable

Fromfrom a derivative of ἕζομαι (to sit);

King Jamessettled, stedfast.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἑδραῖος, α, ον,
also ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+:— sitting, sedentary, of persons or their occupations, ἔργον Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑ. ἀρχαί, opposed to στρατεῖαι, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 ἑδραία ῥάχις the horse's back on which the rider sits, Refs 5th c.BC+
II steady, steadfast, κάθησ᾽ ἑδραία Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑ. ὕπνος sound sleep, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a cup, Refs 2nd c.AD+: metaphorically in Rhet., firmly based, κατάληξις Refs 4th c.BC+. adverb -αίως firmly, Refs 2nd c.BC+; steadily, Refs 5th c.AD+
II.2 permanently appointed, Refs 6th c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

steadfast2×firm1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hedraios1×ἑδραῖος	hedraias	hedraiem	hedraiois2×ἑδραῖοι	hedraiais	hedraieim
object accusative	hedraion	hedraian		hedraioin	hedraiain
direct address vocative	hedraior	hedraiar		hedraioir	hedraiair
of, belonging to genitive	hedraiou	hedraiau	hedraieu	hedraioiu	hedraiaiu	hedraieiu
to, for dative	hedraio	hedraia	hedraie	hedraioi	hedraiai	hedraiei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hedraistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hedrai is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

hedraios“firm”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Corinthians 7:37“firm”… de stēatē en ta kardia autou hedraios mē echarōntos anankan, exousian de echatō …But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his …

hedraiois“steadfast”subjectnominative plural2×

1 Corinthians 15:58Hōste, adelfoir mu agapētoir, hedraiois genovōr, ametakinētois, perisseuarōntois en te erge …Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the …

Colossians 1:23“steadfast”… ge epimenavō ta pistia themeliorēntois kai hedraiois kai mē metakinorōntois apo tau elpidau …if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which …