ΣΤΕΝΗ, στενη
STENĒ, stenē
Sounds Like: steh-NAY
Translations: narrow, strait, confined, a narrow
From the root: ΣΤΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'narrow,' 'strait,' or 'confined.' It is used to describe physical spaces, paths, or situations that are restricted or limited. For example, it can refer to a narrow gate or a difficult path.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4728 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:40
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 12:291
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 7:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΤΕΝΑ — narrow, strait, difficult, restricted, narrowly, with difficulty
- ΣΤΕΝΑΙ — narrow, strait, confined, restricted
- ΣΤΕΝΑΣ — narrow, strait
- ΣΤΕΝΗΝ — narrow, a narrow, strait, a strait
- ΣΤΕΝΗΣ — narrow, strait, confined
- ΣΤΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) narrow, (to) strait, (to) confined, (to) restricted, (to) difficult, (to) distress, (to) straits, (to) difficulties
- ΣΤΕΝΟΝ — narrow, a narrow, strait, a strait, confined, a confined
- ΣΤΕΝΟΣ — narrow, strait, confined, restricted, difficult
- ΣΤΕΝΟΤΑΤΑΣ — narrowest, very narrow
- ΣΤΕΝΟΤΑΤΟΝ — narrowest, straitest, the narrowest, a narrowest
- ΣΤΕΝΟΤΕΡΟΝ — narrower, more confined, stricter, a narrower thing
- ΣΤΕΝΟΤΕΡΩ — (to) narrower, (to) more narrow, (to) straiter, (to) more strait
- ΣΤΕΝΩΤΑΤΟΣ — narrowest, very narrow, most narrow, an extremely narrow
- ΤΕΝΟΙΣ — narrow, confined, strait, difficult, narrow place, strait place
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