Strong's Concordance hedraios: sitting, steadfast Original Word: ἑδραῖος, αία, αῖονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hedraios Phonetic Spelling: (hed-rah'-yos) Short Definition: firm, steadfast Definition: sitting, seated; steadfast, firm. HELPS Word-studies 1476 hedraíos (an adjective, derived from aphedrōn, "a seat or base") – properly, sit (solidly-based, well-seated); (figuratlively) steadfast (firm), morally fixed; firm in purpose (mind); "well-stationed" (securely positioned), not given to fluctuation or "moving off course." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hedra (a seat) Definition sitting, steadfast NASB Translation firm (1), steadfast (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1476: ἑδραῖοςἑδραῖος (rarely feminine ἑδραια (Winer's Grammar, § 11, 1)), ἑδραιον (ἕδρα, seat, chair); 1. sitting, sedentary, (Xenophon, Plato, others). 2. firm, immovable, steadfast, (Euripides, Plato, others); in the N. T. metaphorically, of those who are fixed in purpose: 1 Corinthians 15:58; Colossians 1:23; ἕστηκεν ἐν τῇ καρδία, 1 Corinthians 7:37. From a derivative of hezomai (to sit); sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable -- settled, stedfast. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 14763 Occurrences ἑδραῖοι — 2 Occ. ἑδραῖος — 1 Occ. 1 Corinthians 7:37 Adj-NMS GRK: καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἑδραῖος μὴ ἔχων NAS: stands firm in his heart, KJV: that standeth stedfast in INT: heart of him firm not having 1 Corinthians 15:58 Adj-NMP Colossians 1:23 Adj-NMP |