πέτρα (petra) means “rock” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: pet'-ra Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
πέτρα · petra · rock
πέτρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for סֶלַע, צוּר ;] a rock, i.e. a mass of live rock as distinct from πέτρος, a detached stone or boulder : Mat.7:24-25 27:51, 60 Mrk.15:46, Luk.6:48 8:6, 13; of a hollow rock, a cave, Rev.6:15-16 (of. Isa.2:10, al.). Metaphorical, Mat.16:18 (on the meaning, see Hort, Eccl., 16 ff., but cf. also ICC, in l), 1Co.10:4; = πέτρος, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX) .† (AS)
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a rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| rock | 7 |
| rocks | 3 |
| a rock | 2 |
| rocky ground | 2 |
| the rock | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a rock | 7 |
| rock | 3 |
| the rock | 2 |
| the rocks | 2 |
| rocks | 1 |
| that rock | 1 |
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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Read word by wordThe rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
Read word by wordAnd I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Read word by wordAt that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordHe is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
Read word by wordSome fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
Read word by wordThe seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
Read word by wordas 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.”
Read word by wordand drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
Read word by wordand, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
Read word by wordThen the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Read word by wordAnd they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
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