For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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λίθος
Vocabulary form:
livqoV, -ou, oJ
Definition:
stone
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
59
GK:
3345
Root:
liqo
Cognates:
Lithography is a printing method that originally used a flat stone but now uses metal.
Lithomancy is divination using stone.
Biblical Concordance
| 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.” |
| Luke 21:5 | And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones (lithois | λίθοις | dat pl masc) and gifts dedicated to God, Jesus said, |
| Luke 21:6 | “These things that you see — days will come in which there will not be left stone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) upon stone (lithō | λίθῳ | dat sg masc) that will not be thrown down.” |
| Luke 22:41 | Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s (lithou | λίθου | gen sg masc) throw, knelt down and began to pray, |
| Luke 24:2 | They found the stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) rolled away from the tomb, |
| John 8:7 | When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “The man among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) at her.” |
| John 8:59 | Then they picked up stones (lithous | λίθους | acc pl masc) to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. |
| John 10:31 | The Jews again brought stones (lithous | λίθους | acc pl masc) to stone him. |
| John 11:38 | Then Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) was lying across it. |
| John 11:39 | Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by now the body will smell because it has been buried for four days.” |
| John 11:41 | So they took away the stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc). Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. |
| John 20:1 | Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and she saw the stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) removed from the tomb. |
| Acts 4:11 | This is the stone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the chief cornerstone. |
| Acts 17:29 | So since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divine being is like an image carved in gold or silver or stone (lithō | λίθῳ | dat sg masc) by human skill and imagination. |
| Romans 9:32 | Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone (lithō | λίθῳ | dat sg masc), |
| Romans 9:33 | as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) that makes them stumble and a rock that trips them up; but the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” |
| 1 Corinthians 3:12 | If anyone is building on the foundation with gold, silver, gems (lithous | λίθους | acc pl masc), wood, hay, straw — |
| 2 Corinthians 3:7 | Now if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones (lithois | λίθοις | dat pl masc), came with such glory that the Israelites were unable to gaze steadily into the face of Moses due to the glory of his face, fading as it was, |
| 1 Peter 2:4 | As you come to him, a living stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc) rejected by men but chosen by God and precious, |
| 1 Peter 2:5 | you also, like living stones (lithoi | λίθοι | nom pl masc), are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. |
| 1 Peter 2:6 | For it says in scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone (lithon | λίθον | acc sg masc), a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” |
| 1 Peter 2:7 | Therefore the great value is to you who believe; but for those who do not believe, “The stone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) that the builders rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,” |
| 1 Peter 2:8 | and, “A stone (lithos | λίθος | nom sg masc) that makes people stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble, as they were destined to do, since they do not obey the word. |
| Revelation 4:3 | And the one sitting there had the appearance of a precious gem (lithō | λίθῳ | dat sg masc) — jasper or carnelian — and a rainbow encircled the throne, in appearance like an emerald. |
| Revelation 17:4 | The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels (lithō | λίθῳ | dat sg masc) and pearls. In her hand she held a golden cup full of abominations, the impurities of her fornication. |
| Revelation 18:12 | cargo such as gold, silver, precious stones (lithou | λίθου | gen sg masc), and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet cloth; all kinds of things made of citron wood, all kinds of articles made of ivory, and all kinds of articles made of costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble; |