STRONGS G3037:
λίθος,
λίθου,
ὁ, the
Sept. for
אֶבֶן (from
Homer down);
a stone: of small stones,
Matthew 4:6;
Matthew 7:9;
Luke 3:8;
4:(
Luke 4:3),
Luke 4:11;
Luke 11:11;
22:41;
John 8:7; plural,
Matthew 3:9;
Matthew 4:3;
Mark 5:5;
Luke 3:8;
Luke 19:40;
John 8:59;
John 10:31; of a large stone,
Matthew 27:60,
66;
Matthew 28:2;
Mark 15:46;
Mark 16:3;
Luke 24:2;
John 11:38f,
41;
John 20:1; of building stones,
Matthew 21:42,
44 (
T omits;
L WH Tr marginal reading brackets the verse);
Matthew 24:2;
Mark 12:10;
Mark 13:1;
Luke 19:44;
Luke 20:17;
Luke 21:5;
Acts 4:11;
1 Peter 2:7; metaphorically of Christ:
λίθος ἀκρογωνιαῖος (which see),
ἐκλεκτός (cf. 2 Esdr. 5:8),
ἔντιμος,
1 Peter 2:6 (
Isaiah 28:16);
ζῶν (see
ζάω, II. b.),
1 Peter 2:4;
λίθος προσκόμματος, one whose words, acts, end, men (so stumble at) take such offence at, that they reject him and thus bring upon themselves ruin,
1 Peter 2:8 (7);
Romans 9:33; of Christians:
λίθοι ζῶντες, living stones (see
ζάω, as above), of which the temple of God is built,
1 Peter 2:5; of the truths with which, as with building materials, a teacher builds Christians up in wisdom,
λίθοι τίμιοι, costly stones,
1 Corinthians 3:12.
λίθος μυλικός,
Mark 9:42 R G;
Luke 17:2 L T Tr WH, cf.
Revelation 18:21. of precious stones, gems:
λίθος τίμιος,
Revelation 17:4;
Revelation 18:12,
16;
Revelation 21:11,
19 (
2 Samuel 12:30;
1 Kings 10:2,
11);
ἰάσπις,
Revelation 4:3;
ἐνδεδυμένοι λίθον (for
R G T λίνον)
καθαρόν,
Revelation 15:6 L Tr text
WH (
Ezekiel 28:13 πάντα (or
πᾶν)
λίθον χρηστόν ἐνδέδεσαι; (see
WH. Introduction at the passage cited)); but (against the reading
λίθον) (cf.
Scrivener, Plain Introduction etc., p. 658). Special stones cut in a certain form: stone tablets (engraved with letters),
2 Corinthians 3:7; statues of idols,
Acts 17:29 (
Deuteronomy 4:28;
Ezekiel 20:32).
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