stone

Greek Noun Male

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)

stone

Greek Noun Male

λίθος [ῐ], ου, o((see. below 11), stone, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of the stones thrown by warriors, τρηχὺς λ, λ. ὀκριόεις, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, stonequoit, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of building- stones, λίθοι βασιλικοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίθον ἕψειν 'to lose one's labour', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of stupid persons, 'blockheads', λίθοι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; λ. τις, ou) dou/lh [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; προσηγορεύθη διὰ τὸ μὴ φρονεῖν λ, of Niobe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίθῳ λαλεῖς proverbial of ἀναίσθητοι, [Refs] 2) stone as a substance, opposed to wood, flesh, etc, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι λ. χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λαοὺς δὲ λίθους ποίησε turned into stone, petrified,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; as an emblem of hard-heartedness, σοὶ δ᾽ αἰεὶ κραδίη στερεωτέρη ἐστὶ λίθοιο [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II) λίθος, ἡ, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later mostly of some special stone, as the magnet is called Μαγνῆτις λ. by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also Λυδία λ. by [Refs 5th c.BC+] = touchstone); Ἡρακλεία λ. by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of a touchstone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ διαφανὴς λ. a piece of crystal used for a burning-glass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χυτὴ λ. was perhaps a kind of glass, and so an older name for ὕαλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. = precious stone is feminine in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the sense of marble mostly masculine, λευκὸς λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Πάριος λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. Θάσιος, Αἰγύπτιος, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare λυχνίας, -ίτη; πώρινος λ. tufa, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) collectively, πέφυκε λίθος. ἄφθονος, ἐξ οὗ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) grave-stone (feminine), [Refs 3rd c.BC+] IV) at Athens, λίθος, ὁ, was a name for various blocks of stone used for rostra or platforms, as, IV.1) the βῆμα (which see) of the Pnyx, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) another in the ἀγορά used by the κήρυκες, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; probably the same as ὁ πρατὴρ λ, on which the auctioneer stood when selling slaves, etc, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV.3) an altar in the ἀγορά, at which the Thesmothetae, arbitrators, and witnesses took their oaths, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare λιθωμότης. IV.4) two stones on which litigants stood in the Areopagus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V) piece on a draughtboard, [Refs 7th c.BC+] VI) in Medicine texts, stone in the bladder, calculus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VII) Δία λίθον ὀμνύναι, = Latin Jovem lapidem jurare, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] VIII) λίθοι χαλάζης hail- stones, [LXX] IX) λ. ὁ οὐ λ. the philosophers' stone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a stone (literally or figuratively); (mill-, stumbling-)stone; apparently a primary word