stauros · cross

What it means

stauros (σταυρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “cross”.

The wooden stake of Roman execution.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The wooden beam on which the Romans nailed those condemned to death.
2. "Take up the cross": follow Christ, ready to die.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×4
• Luke×3
• John×4
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×3
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×2
• Colossians×2
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 10:38

  And whoever does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

• Matthew 16:24

  Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

• Matthew 27:32

  As they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross.

• Matthew 27:40

  and saying, “You who would destroy the sanctuary and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

• Matthew 27:42

  “Others he saved; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

• Mark 8:34

  And summoning the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

• Mark 15:21

  And they compel a passerby, a certain Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

• Mark 15:30

  save yourself by coming down from the cross!”

• Mark 15:32

  Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” And those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

• Luke 9:23

  And he was saying to all, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

• Luke 14:27

  Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

• Luke 23:26

  And as they led him away, they seized a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, and put the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.

• John 19:17

  and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to the place called the Place of the Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha,

• John 19:19

  And Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross; and there was written, “Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.”

• John 19:25

  Now standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

• John 19:31

  So the Jews, since it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath day was a great one), asked Pilate that their legs be broken and that they be taken away.

• 1 Corinthians 1:17

  For the Messiah did not send me to immerse but to proclaim the good news, not with wisdom of word, so that the cross of the Messiah may not be emptied.

• 1 Corinthians 1:18

  For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved, to us, it is the power of God.

• Galatians 5:11

  But I, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

• Galatians 6:12

  As many as want to make a good showing in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of the Messiah.

• Galatians 6:14

  But as for me, may it never be that I boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

• Ephesians 2:16

  and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility by it.

• Philippians 2:8

  he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

• Philippians 3:18

  For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now I tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of the Messiah,

• Colossians 1:20

  and through him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, through him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.

• Colossians 2:14

  having wiped out the certificate of debt against us with its decrees, which was opposed to us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

• Hebrews 12:2

  looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured a cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.