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Koine Greek wordlink #128221

SR GNT Gal 4:27 στεῖρα (steira) ‘it has_been written for be gladdened barren woman you not bearing’ Strongs=47230 Lemma=steiros
Word role=substantive adjective case=vocative gender=feminine number=singular
Referred to from Word #128224

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Only use of identical word form στεῖρα (S-VFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘στεῖρα’ (S-VFS) is always and only glossed as ‘barren woman’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘steiros’ have 2 different glosses: ‘barren’, ‘barren woman’.

Greek words (3) other than στεῖρα (S-VFS) with a gloss related to ‘barren’

LUKE 1:7 στεῖρα (steira) S-NFS ‘as_much_as Elisabet was barren and both having advanced’ SR GNT Luke 1:7 word 11

LUKE 1:36 στείρᾳ (steira) S-DFS ‘to her who was being called barren’ SR GNT Luke 1:36 word 26

LUKE 23:29 στεῖραι (steirai) S-NFP ‘they will_be saying blessed are the barren and wombs that’ SR GNT Luke 23:29 word 13

Key: S=substantive adjective DFS=dative,feminine,singular NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NFS=nominative,feminine,singular VFS=vocative,feminine,singular