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
““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.’””
“They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?””
“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.”
“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’?”
“But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.”
“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?”
“He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.””
“The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.””
““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).