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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.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 2:12–Deu 8:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:12 - And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 - And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:5 - The floods covered them;
they went down into the depths like a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot;[fn] whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to 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 shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - “When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - “When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.

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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. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7 - onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:17 - You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius,[fn] topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:17 - the hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6 - They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7 - And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:10 - And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:42 - Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:43 - “If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “Say to the people of Israel, Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:27 - “A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:16 - Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - “You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:10 - Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:35 - And the LORD said to Moses, “The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:36 - And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:28 - And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

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