adjective

stenas

Greekστενός (stenos)

Strong’sG4728

narrow

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

Translated as

narrow3×

What it means

στενός, -ή, -όν

[in LXX for צַר, etc.;]

narrow: fig (v MM, xxiii), Mt 7:13, 14, Lk 13:24.†

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

Strong’s G4728 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsten-os'

narrow (from obstacles standing close about)

Fromprobably from the base of G2476;

King Jamesstrait.

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	stenos	stenas1×στενὴ	stenem	stenois	stenais	steneim
object accusative	stenon	stenan		stenoin	stenain
direct address vocative	stenor	stenar		stenoir	stenair
of, belonging to genitive	stenou	stenau2×στενῆς	steneu	stenoiu	stenaiu	steneiu
to, for dative	steno	stena	stene	stenoi	stenai	stenei

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

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

sten 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

stenas“narrow”subjectnominative singular1×

Matthew 7:14“narrow”hoti stenas tas pulas kai thlibirētas tas hodas tas apagarōtas eis tan zōan, kai oligois alō tois heuriskarōtois autan.But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

stenau“narrow”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Matthew 7:13“narrow”Eiserchavar dia tau stenau pulau; hoti plateias tas pulas kai euruchōras tas hodas tas apagarōtas eis tan apōleian, kai pollois alō tois eisercherōtois dia autau;Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Luke 13:24“narrow”Agōnizevōr eiserchara dia tau stenau thurau, hoti pollois, legamō vi, zētali eiserchara kai ouk ischuali,“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.