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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 60 times in 55 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:9 - and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - And the Tempter having come to him said, 'If Son thou art of God -- speak that these stones may become loaves.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6 - and saith to him, 'If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - 'Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 - Jesus saith to them, 'Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:44 - and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 - and Jesus said to them, 'Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66 - and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1 - And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, 'Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2 - and Jesus answering said to him, 'Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - And he, having brought fine linen, and having taken him down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:3 - and they said among themselves, 'Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:4 - And having looked, they see that the stone hath been rolled away -- for it was very great,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:3 - and the Devil said to him, 'If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:11 - and -- On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - 'And of which of you -- the father -- if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:40 - and he answering said to them, 'I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:44 - and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected -- this became head of a corner?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:18 - every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:5 - And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:6 - 'These things that ye behold -- days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:41 - And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:2 - and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59 - they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going 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, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38 - Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus saith, 'Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died -- Martha -- saith to him, 'Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:41 - They took away, therefore, the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, 'Father, I thank Thee, that Thou didst hear me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - 'This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - 'Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:32 - wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33 - according as it hath been written, 'Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12 - and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - and if the ministration of the death, in letters, engraved in stones, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look stedfastly to the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face -- which was being made useless,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - to whom coming -- a living stone -- by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: 'Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - to you, then, who are believing is the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:3 - and He who is sitting was in sight like a stone, jasper and sardine: and a rainbow was round the throne in sight like an emerald.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom,

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