Rock
πέτραStrong’s G4073petra
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Petra is the Greek word usually translated “rock” and “rocks”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:”
Meaning
Usually translated “rock” and “rocks”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- rock 10
- rocks 3
- a rock 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 5
- Luke 3
- Revelation 2
- Mark 1
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Matthew 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Matthew 27:60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- Mark 15:46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
- Luke 6:48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Greek dictionary
πέτρα petra · rock
πέτρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for סֶלַע, צוּר ;] a rock, i.e. a mass of live rock as distinct from πέτρος, a detached stone or boulder : Mat.7:24-25 27:51, 60 Mrk.15:46, Luk.6:48 8:6, 13; of a hollow rock, a cave, Rev.6:15-16 (of. Isa.2:10, al.). Metaphorical, Mat.16:18 (on the meaning, see Hort, Eccl., 16 ff., but cf. also ICC, in l), 1Co.10:4; = πέτρος, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX) .† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rock” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROCK, noun
[Gr., Latin rupes, from the root of rumpo, to break or burst. If this is not the origin of rock I know not to what root to assign it.]
- A large mass of stony matter, usually compounded of two or more simple minerals, either bedded in the earth or resting on its surface.
- In Scripture, figuratively, defense; means of safety; protection; strength; asylum.“The Lord is my rock” 2 Samuel 22:2
- Firmness; a firm or immovable foundation. Psalms 28:1
- A species of vulture or condor.
All definitions and other forms of “rock”
- A fabulous bird in the Eastern tales.
ROCK, noun
ROCK, verb transitive
- To move backward and forward, as a body resting on a foundation; as, to rock a cradle; to rock a chair; to rock a mountain.
- To move backwards and forwards in a cradle, chair, etc.; as, to rock a child to sleep.
- To lull to quiet.
ROCK, verb intransitive
To be moved backwards and forwards; to reel.
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.