noun · neuter

stereōmem

Greekστερέωμα (stereōma)

Strong’sG4733

firmness, steadfastness

stem stereōm-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

steadfastness1×

What it means

στερέωμα, -τος, τό

(< στερεόω), [in LXX: Ge 1:6 ff., Ps 18 (19):1 150:1, Ez 1:22-26 10:1 13:5, Da LXX, TH 3:(56), 12:3 (רָקִיעַ), De 33:26 (שׁחק), Ps 17 (18):2 70 (71):3 (סֶלַע), Es 9:29, I Es 8:78 (82), Si 43:1, 8, I Mac 9:14 *;]

a solid body;

(a) a support, foundation (Arist., al.); metaph., strength (Ps 17 70, I Mac, ll. c.); steadfastness, firmness: τ. πίστεως, Col 2:5;

(b) the dome of heaven (believed to be a solid canopy), the firmament (LXX).†

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

Strong’s G4733 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidster-eh'-o-mah

something established, i.e. (abstractly) confirmation (stability)

Fromfrom G4732;

King Jamesstedfastness.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	stereōmem	stereōmeim
of, belonging to genitive	stereōmeu	stereōmeiu
to, for dative	stereōme	stereōmei

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

stereōmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

stereōme 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

stereōmem1×

Colossians 2:5“steadfastness”ei gar kai ta sarxa apeiamō, alla te pneume sun vi amō, chairarōtos kai bleparōtos vu tan taxian kai tem stereōmem tau eis Christon pistiau vu.For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.