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στεῖρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: στεῖρα στείρας

Structure: στειρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from stei=ros

Sense

  1. a cow that has not calved
  2. a barren woman

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἦν Σάρα στεῖρα καὶ οὐκ ἐτεκνοποίει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:30)
  • ἐδέετο δὲ Ἰσαὰκ Κυρίου περὶ Ρεβέκκασ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι στεῖρα ἦν. ἐπήκουσε δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ Θεόσ, καὶ συνέλαβεν ἐν γαστρὶ Ρεβέκκα ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:21)
  • Ἰδὼν δὲ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὅτι ἐμισεῖτο Λεία, ἤνοιξε τὴν μήτραν αὐτῆσ. Ραχὴλ δὲ ἦν στεῖρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:31)
  • οὐκ ἔσται ἄγονοσ οὐδὲ στείρα ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ σου. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν σου ἀναπληρῶν ἀναπληρώσω. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:26)
  • εὐλογητόσ ἔσῃ παρὰ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. οὐκ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν ἄγονοσ οὐδὲ στεῖρα καὶ ἐν τοῖσ κτήνεσί σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 7:14)

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