King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1476
Transliteration: hedraios
Phonetic Spelling: (hed-rah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sitting, steadfast
Meaning: sitting, steadfast
ἑδραῖος (rarely feminine ἑδραια (Winer's Grammar, § 11, 1)), ἑδραιον (ἕδρα, seat, chair);
Word Summary
hedraios: sitting, steadfast
Original Word: ἑδραῖοςTransliteration: hedraios
Phonetic Spelling: (hed-rah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sitting, steadfast
Meaning: sitting, steadfast
Strong's Concordance
settled, steadfast. From a derivative of hezomai (to sit); sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable -- settled, stedfast.
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.