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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 15 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:24 - “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:25 - The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:18 - And I tell you that you are Peter,[fn] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[fn] will not overcome it.

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

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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 Box Mar 15:46

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 Box Luk 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:48 - They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:6 - Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13 - Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.

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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 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:4 - and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

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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 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:16 - They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us[fn] from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
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