ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
steiros (Greek #4723)
"sterile"
KJV usage: barren.
Pronounce: sti'-ros
Origin: a contraction from 4731 (as stiff and unnatural)