λίθος líthos

Meaning

a stone (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version: (mill-, stumbling-)stone

Derivation: apparently a primary word;

Where it is used

• 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 4:3 The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
• 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.’”
• Matthew 7:9 Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
• 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’?
• Matthew 21:44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
• 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.”
• Matthew 27:60 and 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.
• Matthew 27:66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
• Matthew 28:2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
• Mark 5:5 Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
• Mark 12:10 Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
• Mark 13:1 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”
• Mark 13:2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
• Mark 15:46 So 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.
• Mark 16:3 They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
• Mark 16:4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large.
• Luke 3:8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin 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.
• Luke 4:3 The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
• Luke 4:11 and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
• Luke 11:11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
• Luke 17:2 It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
• Luke 19:40 “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
• Luke 19:44 They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
• Luke 20:17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
• Luke 20:18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
• Luke 21:5 As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,
• Luke 21:6 “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
• Luke 22:41 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
• Luke 24:2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
• John 8:7 When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
• John 8:59 At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
• John 10:31 At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
• John 11:38 Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
• John 11:39 “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
• John 11:41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
• John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
• Acts 4:11 This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
• Acts 17:29 Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
• Romans 9:32 Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
• Romans 9:33 as 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.”
• 1 Corinthians 3:12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
• 2 Corinthians 3:7 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
• 1 Peter 2:4 As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
• 1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 2:6 For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
• 1 Peter 2:7 To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
• 1 Peter 2:8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
• Revelation 4:3 The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
• Revelation 17:4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
• Revelation 18:12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
• Revelation 18:16 saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
• Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
• Revelation 21:11 shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
• Revelation 21:19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,