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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 - and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham 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 these stones to 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 command his angels concerning you' and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 - Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:44 - The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 - And he said to them, "Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:5 - Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1 - Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2 - Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:3 - They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:4 - But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don't begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:3

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 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike 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 to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:40 - He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:44 - They will demolish you - you and your children within your walls - and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But Jesus looked straight at them and said, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:18 - Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:5 - Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:6 - "As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:41

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:2 - They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59 - Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:31 - The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38 - Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, "Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:41 - So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:32 - Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33 - just as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12 - If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - But if the ministry that produced death - carved in letters on stone tablets - came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God's sight,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - For it says in scripture, "Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:3 - And the one seated on it was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald encircled the throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - cargo such as gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all sorts of things made of citron wood, all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble,

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