στείροςsteíros

Same root

• στερεόςstereós · G4731stiff, i.e. solid, stable (literally or figuratively)

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

• Luke 1:7 They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to conceive, and they were both very old.
• Luke 1:36 What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month.
• Luke 23:29 For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’
• Galatians 4:27 As Isaiah said, “Rejoice, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into a joyful shout, you who have never been in labor! For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband!”
• Hebrews 11:11 It was by faith that even Sarah was able to have a child, though she was barren and was too old. She believed that God would keep his promise.