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3.
(
$
, 4731), firm, is rendered “steadfast” in 1 Pet. 5:9. See
FIRM
, No. 2.
B. Nouns.
1.
(
$!
, 4733), primarily “a support, foundation,” denotes “strength,
steadfastness,” Col. 2:5.¶ In the Sept., in Gen. 1:6, and Ezek. 1:22, it is used of the
firmament, which was believed to be a solid canopy. The corresponding Heb. word
%
means “expanse,” from
%
, “to spread out.”
2.
(
$
, 4740), “a setting firmly, supporting,” then “fixedness,
steadfastness” (akin to
, “to establish”), is used in 2 Pet. 3:17.¶
Note:
For STEADFASTLY see
BEHOLD
, No. 10,
CONTINUE
, No. 9,
FASTEN
, No. 1,
LOOK
, No. 15,
SET
, No. 19.
STEEP
(
$
, 2911), “a steep bank” (akin to
$
, “to hang”), occurs in
Matt. 8:32; Mark 5:13; Luke 8:33,
RV
, “the steep” (
KJV
, “a steep place”).¶ In the Sept., 2
Chron. 25:12.¶
For
STEERSMAN
see
GOVERNOR
, B,
Note
STEP (Noun and Verb)
A. Noun.
(
5
, 2487), “a footstep, a track,” is used metaphorically of the “steps” (a) of
Christ’s conduct, 1 Pet. 2:21; (b) of Abraham’s faith, Rom. 4:12; (c) of identical conduct
in carrying on the work of the gospel, 2 Cor. 12:18.¶
B. Verb.
(
&
, 2597), “to go, or come, down,” is translated “steppeth down”
in John 5:7. See
COME
, No. 19.
Note:
Many ancient authorities have the passage in the
KJV
in John 5:4, which
contains
, rendered “stepped in.” See
COME
, No. 21.
STERN
$
(
$"
, 4403), the feminine form of the adjective
$
, “hindmost,” is
rendered “stern” in Acts 27:29; and in the
RV
in v. 41 and Mark 4:38. See
PART
, A,
Note
(2).¶
STEWARD, STEWARDSHIP
A. Nouns.
1.
(
*
, 3623) primarily denoted “the manager of a household or
estate” (
, “a house,”
, “to arrange”), “a steward” (such were usually slaves or
freedmen), Luke 12:42; 16:1, 3, 8; 1 Cor. 4:2; Gal. 4:2,
RV
(
KJV
, “governors”); in Rom.
16:23, the “treasurer (
RV
) of a city (see
CHAMBERLAIN
,
Note
); it is used metaphorically, in
the wider sense, of a “steward” in general, (a) of preachers of the gospel and teachers of
the Word of God, 1 Cor. 4:1; (b) of elders or bishops in churches, Titus 1:7; (c) of
believers generally, 1 Pet. 4:10.¶
2.
(
# & $
, 2012) is rendered “steward” in Matt. 20:8; Luke 8:3: see
GUARDIAN
.