ΣΤΕΝΑ, στενα
STENA, stena
Sounds Like: STEH-nah
Translations: narrow, strait, difficult, restricted, narrowly, with difficulty
From the root: ΣΤΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word can function as an adjective meaning 'narrow' or 'strait', describing something that is confined or restricted. It can also function as an adverb meaning 'narrowly' or 'with difficulty', indicating a manner of action. It is often used to describe a path or a situation that is challenging or constricted.
Inflection: Neuter Plural Nominative/Accusative of the adjective 'στενός', or an adverbial form.
Strong’s number: G4728 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:35
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ΣΤΕΝΑΙ — narrow, strait, confined, restricted
- ΣΤΕΝΑΣ — narrow, strait
- ΣΤΕΝΗ — narrow, strait, confined, a narrow
- 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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