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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 do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6 - “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - “Which of you, if your 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; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:44 - Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 - “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown 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 out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66 - So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:5 - Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture: “ ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1 - As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2 - “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:3 - and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of 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 away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

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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, tell this stone to become bread.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:11 - they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:40 - “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:44 - They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: “ ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:18 - Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:5 - Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:6 - “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:41 - He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59 - At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:31 - Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38 - Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - “Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:41 - So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.

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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 by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33 - As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12 - If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house[fn] to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.”[fn] They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:3 - And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;

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