Gloss
stone, boulder; this can refer to stone as a material or substance, and to a stone as a piece of rock. A precious stone is a gem.
Forms of the word
Dictionary
λίθος, -ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
lithos
Simplified transliteration
lithos
Numbers
Strong's number
3037
GK Number
3345
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
59
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for λίθος
| Matthew 3:9 | and do not presume you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I say to you that God is able from these stones (lithōn | λίθων | gen pl masc) to raise up children to Abraham. |
| Matthew 4:3 | And the tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones (lithoi | λίθοι | nom pl masc) to become bread.” |
| Matthew 4:6 | and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it stands written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘on their hands they will hold you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’” (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) |
| Matthew 7:9 | Or is there any man among you who, if his son should ask for bread, would give him a stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc)? |
| Matthew 21:42 | Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘A stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’? |
| Matthew 21:44 | |
| Matthew 24:2 | And he responded to them, saying, “You see all these things, do you not? I tell you the truth, not even one stone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) will be left here upon another (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) that will not be thrown down.” |
| Matthew 27:60 | and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a large stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) against the door of the tomb and went away. |
| Matthew 27:66 | So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) and setting the guard |
| Matthew 28:2 | And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled away the stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) and sat on it. |
| Mark 5:5 | Unceasingly, night and day among the tombs and in the mountains, he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones (lithois | λίθοις | dat pl masc). |
| Mark 12:10 | Have you not even read this scripture: ‘The stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) that the builders rejected has become the capstone; |
| Mark 13:1 | And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look, what massive stones (lithoi | λίθοι | nom pl masc) and what magnificent buildings!” |
| Mark 13:2 | And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not a single (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) stone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) will be left here resting on another (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) that will not be thrown down.” |
| Mark 15:46 | So he brought a linen shroud, and taking him down, he wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb, which had been hewn out of rock; and he rolled a stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) across the entrance of the tomb. |
| Mark 16:3 | And they were saying to themselves, “Who will roll away the stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) for us from the entrance of the tomb?” |
| Mark 16:4 | And looking up, they saw that the stone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) had been rolled away — for it was very large. |
| Luke 3:8 | Bear, then, fruits worthy of repentance. Do not even begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able, out of these stones (lithōn | λίθων | gen pl masc), to raise up children to Abraham. |
| Luke 4:3 | The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone (lithō | λίθῳ | dat sg masc) to become bread.” |
| Luke 4:11 | and, ‘On their hands they will raise you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) |
| Luke 17:2 | It is better for him if a millstone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) is hung around his neck and he is cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. |
| Luke 19:40 | He answered, “I tell you, if these are silent, the stones (lithoi | λίθοι | nom pl masc) will cry out.” |
| Luke 19:44 | And they will tear down both you and the children within you, and they will not leave stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) upon stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” |
| Luke 20:17 | But looking straight at them he said, “What then is this that is written: “The stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) that the builders rejected — this one became the head of the corner’? |
| Luke 20:18 | Everyone who falls on that stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) will be broken into pieces, and on whomever it falls, it will crush him.” |
