Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Steadfast

Steadfast (-fȧst) , adjective

[Stead + fast, that is, fast in place.]

1.
Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
This steadfast globe of earth. — Spenser
2.
Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.
Steadfast eye. — Shakespeare
Abide steadfast unto him [thy neighbor] in the time of his trouble. — Ecclus. xxii. 23
Whom resist steadfast in the faith. — 1 Pet. v. 9