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To stone

καταλιθάζωStrong’s G2642

katalithazō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Katalithazō is the Greek word usually translated “stone”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.”
Luke 20:6 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “stone”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will stone 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    καταλιθάζω katalithazō · to stone

    κατα-λιθάζω (= cl. -θόω; cf. -θοβολέω, Exo.17:4, Num_14:10) to cast stones at, to stone: Luk.20:6.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “stone” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    STONE, noun

    [Gr.]

    1. A concretion of some species of earth, as lime, silex, clay and the like, usually in combination with some species of air or gas, with sulphur or with a metallic substance; a hard compact body, of any form and size.
    2. A gem; a precious stone
    3. Any thing made of stone; a mirror.
    4. A calculous concretion in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
    All definitions and other forms of “stone”
    1. A testicle.
    2. The nut of a drupe or stone fruit; or the hard covering inclosing the kernel, and itself inclosed by the pulpy pericarp.
    3. In Great Britain, the weight of fourteen pounds. [8, 12, 14, or 16.] [Not used in the United States, except in reference to the riders of horses in races.]
    4. A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.
    5. It is used to express torpidness and insensibility; as a heart of stone
    6. stone is prefixed to some words to qualify their signification.

    STONE, adjective

    Made of stone or like stone; as a stone jug.

      STONE, verb transitive

      1. To pelt, beat or kill with stones.“And they stoned Stephen calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit” Acts 7:59
      2. To harden.
      3. To free from stones; as, to stone raisins.
      4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.