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Lexicon :: Strong's G3037 - lithos

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λίθος
Transliteration
lithos (Key)
Pronunciation
lee'-thos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:268,534

Strong’s Definitions

λίθος líthos, lee'-thos; apparently a primary word; a stone (literally or figuratively):—(mill-, stumbling-)stone.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's G3037 in the following manner: stone (49x), one stone (4x), another (4x), stumbling stone (with G4348) (2x), mill stone (with G3457) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's G3037 in the following manner: stone (49x), one stone (4x), another (4x), stumbling stone (with G4348) (2x), mill stone (with G3457) (1x).

  1. a stone

    1. of small stones

    2. of building stones

    3. metaph. of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λίθος líthos, lee'-thos; apparently a primary word; a stone (literally or figuratively):—(mill-, stumbling-)stone.
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
4:28
2 Samuel
12:30
1 Kings
10:2; 10:11
Isaiah
28:16
Ezekiel
20:32; 28:13
Matthew
3:9; 4:3; 4:6; 7:9; 21:42; 21:44; 24:2; 27:60; 27:66; 28:2
Mark
5:5; 9:42; 12:10; 13:1; 15:46; 16:3
Luke
3:8; 3:8; 4; 4:3; 4:11; 11:11; 17:2; 19:40; 19:44; 20:17; 21:5; 22:41; 24:2
John
8:7; 8:59; 10:31; 11:38; 11:41; 20:1
Acts
4:11; 17:29
Romans
9:33
1 Corinthians
3:12
2 Corinthians
3:7
1 Peter
2:4; 2:5; 2:6; 2:7; 2:8
Revelation
4:3; 15:6; 17:4; 18:12; 18:16; 18:21; 21:11; 21:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3037 matches the Greek λίθος (lithos),
which occurs 59 times in 54 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:9 - Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Avraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Avraham from these stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6 - and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, So that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 - Yeshua said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:44 - He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 - But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most assuredly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - and 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 tomb, and departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66 - So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:5 - Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1 - As he went out of the temple, one of his talmidim said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2 - Yeshua said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:3 - They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:4 - for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Avraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Avraham from these stones!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:3 - The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:11 - and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, Lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:40 - He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:44 - and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn't know the time of your visitation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the chief cornerstone?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:18 - "Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, But it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:5 - As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:6 - "As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:41 - He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt down and prayed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:2 - They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59 - Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Yeshua was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst of them, and so passed by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:31 - Therefore Yehudim took up stones again to stone him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38 - Yeshua therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Yeshua said, "Take away the stone." Marta, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:41 - So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Yeshua lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Now on the first day of the week, Miryam from Magdala went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:32 - Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33 - even as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Tziyon a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; And no one who believes in him will be disappointed."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12 - But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Yisra'el could not look steadfastly on the face of Moshe for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Yeshua the Messiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Tziyon a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - For you therefore who believe is the honor, but for such as are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, Has become the chief cornerstone,"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - and, "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto also they were appointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:3 - that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an yahalom to look at.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the sexual immorality of the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;

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