Words the Bible translates as stone
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- lithosλίθοςa stone: a discrete piece of rock, from one small enough to throw to a shaped building block or a cut gem, as opposed to solid bedrock
- evenאֶבֶןa stone: a piece of rock a person can gather, shape, carry, throw, or build with
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- a precious stone: a gem valued for its beauty and worth
- a stone used as a standard of measure: the weight in a merchant's bag or on a builder's line
- stone as an image of what is hard, heavy, lifeless, or dirt cheap
- lithoboleōλιθοβολέωto stone someone: to kill, or try to kill, a person by throwing stones at them, the public execution the Law of Moses prescribed
- lithinosλίθινοςstonenot studied yet
- saqalסָקַלto stone: to throw stones at a person, usually to put them to death
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- to clear of stones: to rid a field or road of stones
- ragamרָגַםto stone: to kill a person by pelting them with stones
- lithazōλιθάζωto stone someone: to throw stones at a person in order to kill them
- tserorצְרוֹרa pebble: a small loose stone, small enough to stand for the last scrap of anything
+2 more meanings
- a small bag knotted shut, used to carry or store something valuable: silver, spices, anything worth keeping safe
- Zeror: a man named among the forefathers of King Saul
- psēphosψῆφοςstonenot studied yet
- evenאֶבֶןa stone: a piece of rock that has been cut loose and set in place, whether in a wall, over an opening, or carved into an image
- katalithazōκαταλιθάζωto stonenot studied yet
- soḥeretסֹחֶרֶתstonenot studied yet
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