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lithos G3037

λίθος (lithos) means “stone” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

λίθος Greek · G3037 58 tagged occurrences in 53 verses

Pronunciation guide: lee'-thos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3037

λίθος · lithos · stone

λίθος, -ου, ὁ (and, in Att.., of precious stones, ἡ.) [in LXX for אֶבֶן, Gen.11:3, al.; λ. τίμιος, for פָּז, Psa.19:10 21:3, Pro.8:19, al. ;] a stone: Mat.4:6, al.; pl., Mat.3:9, al.; at the entrance of a tomb, Mat.27:60, 66 28:2, Mrk.15:46 16:3-4, Luk.24:2, Jhn.11:38, 32 11:41 20:1; λ. μυλικός, Luk.17:2, cf. Rev.18:21; of building stones, Mat.21:42, [44], Mat.24:2, Mrk.12:10 13:1-2, Luk.19:44 20:17-18 21:5-6 Act.4:11, 1Pe.2:7; metaphorically, of Christ, λ. ἀκρογωναῖος, ἐκλεκτός, ἔντιμος, 1Pe.2:6 (LXX); λ. ζῶν, 1Pe.2:4; προσκόμματος, 1Pe.2:8, Rom.9:33; of Christians, λ. ζῶντες, 1Pe.2:5; of precious stones, λ. τίμιος, Rev.17:4 18:12, 16 21:11, 19; ἴασπις, Rev.4:3; ἐνδεδυμένοι λ. καθαρόν, Rev.15:6 (λίνον, Rec., R, mg., see Swete, in l); metaphorically, λ. τίμιοι, 1Co.3:12; of the tables of the law, 2Co.3:7; of idols, Act.17:29 (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.

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How translators render G3037

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
stone 19
stones 13
a stone 10
another 4
the stone 4
one stone 2
a millstone 1
a stones 1
jewel 1
on stone 1
with stones 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
stones 14
the stone 12
stone 10
a stone 9
another 4
one stone 4
a 1
a millstone 1
a stones 1
a stumblingstone 1
at that 1
the stones 1
with stones 1

Verses containing G3037

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  1. Matthew 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And do not presume 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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  2. Matthew 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

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  3. Matthew 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.’”

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  4. Matthew 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

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  5. Matthew 21:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

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  6. Matthew 21:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

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  7. Matthew 24:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

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  8. Matthew 27:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

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  9. Matthew 27:66 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

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  10. Matthew 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

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  11. Mark 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.

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  12. Mark 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

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  13. Mark 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”

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  14. Mark 13:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

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  15. Mark 15:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

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  16. Mark 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”

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  17. Mark 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.

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  18. Luke 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Produce fruit, then, 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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  19. Luke 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

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  20. Luke 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

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  21. Luke 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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  22. Luke 19:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

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  23. Luke 19:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    They will level 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 your visitation from God.”

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  24. Luke 20:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

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  25. Luke 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

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  26. Luke 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

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  27. Luke 21:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

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  28. Luke 22:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,

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  29. Luke 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

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  30. John 8:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.

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  31. John 10:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

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  32. John 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

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  33. John 11:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”

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  34. John 11:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

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  35. John 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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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  36. Acts 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

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  37. Acts 17:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

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  38. Romans 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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  39. Romans 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

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  40. 1 Corinthians 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

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  41. 2 Corinthians 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

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  42. 1 Peter 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

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  43. 1 Peter 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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  44. 1 Peter 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

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  45. 1 Peter 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”

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  46. 1 Peter 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

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  47. Revelation 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

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  48. Revelation 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

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  49. Revelation 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;

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  50. Revelation 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

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