Steira στεῖρα

Steira (Greek στεῖρα, Strong's G4723) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “barren”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Infertility

Verses

Every verse with Steira, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

• Luke 1:7
  And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
• Luke 1:36
  And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
• Luke 23:29
  For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

Galatians

• Galatians 4:27
  For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

Hebrews

• Hebrews 11:11
  Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).