To stone
λιθάζωStrong’s G3034lithazō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Lithazō is the Greek word usually translated “may stone”, “do you stone” and “we do stone”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “may stone”, “do you stone” and “we do stone”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they may stone 1
- do you stone 1
- we do stone 1
- to stone 1
- they may be stoned 1
- having stoned 1
- i was stoned 1
- they were stoned 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 4
- Acts 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Hebrews 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 10:32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
- John 10:33The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
- John 11:8His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
- Acts 5:26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
- Acts 14:19And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
- 2 Corinthians 11:25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
Greek dictionary
λιθάζω lithazō · to stone
λιθάζω (λίθος), [in LXX (before ἐν λίθοις): 2Ki.16:6 16:13 (סָקַל pi.)* ;] 1. to throw stones (Arist., Polyb., al.). 2. = λιθοβολέω (LXX, NT), to pelt with stones, to stone: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.8:6 10:31-31 11:8, Act.14:10; pass., Act.5:26, 2Co.11:25, Heb.11:37 (see DB, Art., " Crimes and punishments," and cf. κατα-λιθάζω).† (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.]
- 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.
- A gem; a precious stone
- Any thing made of stone; a mirror.
- A calculous concretion in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
All definitions and other forms of “stone”
- A testicle.
- The nut of a drupe or stone fruit; or the hard covering inclosing the kernel, and itself inclosed by the pulpy pericarp.
- 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.]
- A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.
- It is used to express torpidness and insensibility; as a heart of stone
- 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
- To pelt, beat or kill with stones.“And they stoned Stephen calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit” Acts 7:59
- To harden.
- To free from stones; as, to stone raisins.
- 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.