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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 256 times in 232 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:12 - (The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - He saw in the field a well with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well's mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - "We can't," they said, "until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:45 - So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 - Then he said to his relatives, "Gather stones." So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over Egypt's waters - over their rivers, over their canals, over their ponds, and over all their reservoirs - so that it becomes blood.' There will be blood everywhere in the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:5 - The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - When the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - No hand will touch him - but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - "If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - "If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - and Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve standing stones - according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7 - onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9 - "You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - You are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel with the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal; you are to have them set in gold filigree settings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - You are to put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron will bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for a memorial.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:17 - You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl - the first row;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - onyx stones, and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:17 - the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway to the courtyard;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted for the ephod and the breastpiece,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - and in cutting stones for their setting, and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6 - They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7 - He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:10 - They set on it four rows of stones: a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl - the first row;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown outside the city into an unclean place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:42 - They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:43 - "If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - He must tear down the house, its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it outside the city to an unclean place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - "You are to say to the Israelites, 'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:27 - "'A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - "'You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:10 - However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:35 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:36 - So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:28 - There you will worship gods made by human hands - wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

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