adjective

steiras

Greekστεῖρα (steira)

Strong’sG4723

barren

stem steir-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

barren4×

What it means

στεῖρος, -ον also -α, -ον,

[in LXX for עֲקֶרֶת, עֲקָרָה;]

barren: of a woman, Lk 1:7, 36 23:29, Ga 4:27 (LXX).†

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

Strong’s G4723 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsti'-ros

"sterile"

Froma contraction from G4731 (as stiff and unnatural);

King Jamesbarren.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	steiros	steiras1×στεῖρα	steirem	steirois	steirais1×στεῖραι	steireim
object accusative	steiron	steiran		steiroin	steirain
direct address vocative	steiror	steirar1×στεῖρα		steiroir	steirair
of, belonging to genitive	steirou	steirau	steireu	steiroiu	steiraiu	steireiu
to, for dative	steiro	steira1×στείρᾳ	steire	steiroi	steirai	steirei

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

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

steir 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

steiras“barren”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 1:7“barren”kai ouk ate autoi teknem, kathoti ate tas Elisabet steiras, kai amfoterois probainarētois en tai hēmerai autoiu ale.But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

steirar“barren”direct addressvocative singular1×

Galatians 4:27“barren”grafitē gar; Eufrainisar, steirar tar ouk tiktarōtar, rēgnuasar kai boasar, tar ouk ōdinarōtar; hoti polleim teim tekneim tau erēmau mallon ē tau echarōtau ton anēron.For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

steira“barren”to, fordative singular1×

Luke 1:36“barren”kai idou Elisabet tas sungenias su kai autas sullambatē huion en gērae autau, kai houtos mēnos hektos atō auta ta kalirōta steira;Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.

steirais“barren”subjectnominative plural1×

Luke 23:29“barren”hoti idou erchelō hēmerais en hai legali Makariais tais steirais kai tais koiliais hais ouk gennala kai mastois hois ouk trefala.Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’