Strong's Greek · G3037

λίθος

líthos

(mill-, stumbling-)stone

Definition

a stone (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

apparently a primary word;

Appears 59 times in Scripture

Matthew 4:6

“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.’”

Mark 16:3

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

Matthew 3:9

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.

Matthew 21:42

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’?

Mark 16:4

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

Matthew 7:9

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

Matthew 21:44

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

Matthew 4:3

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

Matthew 24:2

“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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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