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#04716

σταυρός

staurós

Sounds like stow•ros'

A stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ.

Derived from the base of #02476 (ἵστημι / hístēmi).


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