ΣΤΕΝΟΣ, στενος
STENOS, stenos
Sounds Like: STEN-os
Translations: narrow, strait, confined, restricted, difficult
From the root: ΣΤΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is physically narrow, confined, or restricted in space. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something that is difficult, hard, or distressing, such as a narrow path or a time of trouble. It is often used to describe a path or way that is challenging to traverse.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine. As an adjective, it inflects for gender (Masculine, Feminine, Neuter), number (Singular, Plural), and case (Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative).
Strong’s number: G4728 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 49:20
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 10:28
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.
- ΣΤΕΝΑ — narrow, strait, difficult, restricted, narrowly, with difficulty
- 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
- 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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