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Lexicon :: Strong's G3037 - lithos

Aa
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 BoxMat 3:9 - And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6 - If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 - Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:44 - Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 - But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66 - So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, rolling back the stone, took his seat on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:5 - And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1 - And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:2 - And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:3 - And they were saying among themselves, Who will get the stone rolled away from the door for us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:4 - And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; and it was of great size.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:3 - And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:11 - And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:40 - And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:44 - And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:18 - Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:5 - And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:6 - As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:41 - And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:2 - And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:7 - But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:59 - So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:31 - Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38 - So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:41 - So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Now on the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the place and saw that the stone had been taken away from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:32 - Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:33 - As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12 - But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:7 - For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:4 - To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:5 - You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:6 - Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:8 - And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:3 - And to my eyes he was like a jasper and a sardius stone: and there was an arch of light round the high seat, like an emerald.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:4 - And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;

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