- Transliteration: Sterizo

- Phonetic: stay-rid'-zo

- Definition:

1. to make stable, place firmly, set fast, fix

2. to strengthen, make firm

3. to render constant, confirm, one's mind

- Origin: from a presumed derivative of G2476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2476 (like G4731" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4731)

- TDNT entry: 17:53,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From a presumed derivative of G2476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2476 (like G4731" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4731); to set fast that is (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction or (figuratively) to confirm: - fix (e-) stablish stedfastly set strengthen.