Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

στενός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: στενός στενή στενόν

Structure: στεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ste/nw

Sense

  1. narrow, strait
  2. the straits, a narrow strip
  3. narrow, close, confined, a corner
  4. scanty, little, petty

Examples

  • Καὶ ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐν Μασερὲμ ἐν τοῖσ στενοῖσ, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Ζίφ, ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ αὐχμώδει. καὶ ἐζήτει αὐτὸν Σαοὺλ πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ, καὶ οὐ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν Κύριοσ εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 23:13)
  • Καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ Ζιφαῖοι ἐκ τῆσ αὐχμώδουσ πρὸσ Σαοὺλ ἐπὶ τὸν βουνὸν λέγοντεσ. οὐκ ἰδοὺ Δαυὶδ κέκρυπται παῤ ἡμῖν ἐν Μεσσαρά, ἐν τοῖσ στενοῖσ, ἐν τῇ Καινῇ ἐν τῷ βουνῷ τοῦ Ἐχελὰ τοῦ ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Ἰεσσαιμοῦν̣ (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 23:18)
  • ΚΑΙ ἀνέστη Δαυὶδ ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τοῖσ στενοῖσ Ἐγγαδδί. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 24:1)
  • ἐν στενοῖσ ἀδίκωσ ἐνήδρευσαν, ὁδὸν δὲ δικαίαν οὐκ ᾔδεισαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 24:11)
  • ΚΥΡΙΕ παντοκράτωρ ὁ Θεὸσ Ἰσραήλ, ψυχὴ ἐν στενοῖσ καὶ πνεῦμα ἀκηδιῶν κέκραγε πρόσ σε. (Septuagint, Liber Baruch 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. narrow

  2. the straits

  3. scanty

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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