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Lexicon :: Strong's G4073 - petra

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πέτρα
Transliteration
petra (Key)
Pronunciation
pet'-ra
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as Πέτρος (G4074)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:95,834

Strong’s Definitions

πέτρα pétra, pet'-ra; feminine of the same as G4074; a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively):—rock.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G4073 in the following manner: rock (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G4073 in the following manner: rock (16x).

  1. a rock, cliff or ledge

    1. a projecting rock, crag, rocky ground

    2. a rock, a large stone

    3. metaph. a man like a rock, by reason of his firmness and strength of soul

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πέτρα pétra, pet'-ra; feminine of the same as G4074; a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively):—rock.
STRONGS G4073:
πέτρα, πέτρας, ἡ, from Homer down; the Sept. for סֶלַע and צוּר; a rock, ledge, cliff;
a. properly: Matthew 7:24; Matthew 27:51, 60; Mark 15:46; Luke 6:48; 1 Corinthians 10:4 (on which see πνευματικός, 3 a.); a projecting rock, crag, Revelation 6:15f, rocky ground, Luke 8:6, 13.
b. a rock, large stone: Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:8 (7).
c. metaphorically, a man like a rock, by reason of his firmness and strength of soul: Matthew 16:18 (some interpretations regard the distinction (generally observed in classic Greek; see the commentaries and cf. Schmidt, Syn., chapter 51, §§ 4-6) between πέτρα, the massive living rock, and πέτρος, a detached but large fragment, as important for the correct understanding of this passage; others explain the different genders here as due first to the personal then to the material reference. Cf. Meyer, Keil, others; Green, Critical Note on John 1:43).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:24; 16:18; 27:51; 27:60
Mark
15:46
Luke
6:48; 8:6; 8:13
John
1:43
Romans
9:33
1 Corinthians
10:4
1 Peter
2:8
Revelation
6:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4073 matches the Greek πέτρα (petra),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 - “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:25 - Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’),[fn] and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell[fn] will not conquer it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:51 - At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - Joseph bought a long sheet of linen cloth. Then he took Jesus’ body down from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone in front of the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:6 - Other seed fell among rocks. It began to grow, but the plant soon wilted and died for lack of moisture.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13 - The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33 - God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said,
“I am placing a stone in Jerusalem[fn] that makes people stumble,
a rock that makes them fall.
But anyone who trusts in him
will never be disgraced.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:4 - and all of them drank the same spiritual water. For they drank from the spiritual rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - And,
“He is the stone that makes people stumble,
the rock that makes them fall.”[fn] They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:16 - And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
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