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Stone

λίθοςStrong’s G3037

lithos

Appears in 55 verses of the New Testament

In short

Lithos is the Greek word usually translated “stone”, “stones” and “as a stone”. It appears in 55 verses of the New Testament.

“And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.”
Matthew 3:9 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • stone 28
  • a stone 13
  • stones 10
  • with stones 2
  • with stone 2
  • as a stone 2
  • a stone s 1
  • to stone 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 13
  • Matthew 10
  • Mark 7
  • John 7
  • Revelation 7
  • 1 Peter 5

10 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 55 verses, by book
Acts 2
4:1117:29
Romans 2
9:329:33
1 Corinthians 1
3:12
2 Corinthians 1
3:7
Greek dictionary

λίθος lithos · stone

λίθος, -ου, ὁ (and, in Att.., of precious stones, ἡ.) [in LXX for אֶבֶן, Gen.11:3, al.; λ. τίμιος, for פָּז, Psa.19:10 21:3, Pro.8:19, al. ;] a stone: Mat.4:6, al.; pl., Mat.3:9, al.; at the entrance of a tomb, Mat.27:60, 66 28:2, Mrk.15:46 16:3-4, Luk.24:2, Jhn.11:38, 32 11:41 20:1; λ. μυλικός, Luk.17:2, cf. Rev.18:21; of building stones, Mat.21:42, [44], Mat.24:2, Mrk.12:10 13:1-2, Luk.19:44 20:17-18 21:5-6 Act.4:11, 1Pe.2:7; metaphorically, of Christ, λ. ἀκρογωναῖος, ἐκλεκτός, ἔντιμος, 1Pe.2:6 (LXX); λ. ζῶν, 1Pe.2:4; προσκόμματος, 1Pe.2:8, Rom.9:33; of Christians, λ. ζῶντες, 1Pe.2:5; of pr …

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.