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λίθος lithos

“stone” · 59 times in the New Testament

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  • “stone” 34
  • “stones” 14
  • “another” 4
  • “one stone” 2
  • “millstone” 1
  • other ways 4
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew11
Mark8
Luke14
John7
Acts2
Romans2
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians1
1 Peter5
Revelation8

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. stone34
  2. stones14
  3. another4
  4. one stone2
  5. Not matched to an English word1
  6. carnelian1
  7. jasper1
  8. jewel1
  9. millstone1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“stone” 34
  • Matthew 7

    • 4:6 …strike Your foot against a stone
    • 7:9 …bread will give him a stone
    • 21:42 …read in the Scriptures The stone the builders rejected has…
    • 21:44 …who falls on this stone will be broken to…
    • 27:60 …he rolled a great stone across the entrance to…
    • 27:66 …tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard…
    • 28:2 …heaven rolled away the stone and sat on it…
  • Mark 5

    • 12:10 …never read this Scripture The stone the builders rejected has…
    • 13:2 …Jesus replied Not one stone here will be left…
    • 15:46 …rock Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to…
    • 16:3 …will roll away the stone from the entrance of…
    • 16:4 …they saw that the stone had been rolled away…
  • Luke 7

    • 4:3 …of God tell this stone to become bread…
    • 4:11 …strike Your foot against a stone
    • 20:17 …that which is written The stone the builders rejected has…
    • 20:18 …who falls on this stone will be broken to…
    • 21:6 …come when not one stone will be left on…
    • 22:41 …And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them where…
    • 24:2 …They found the stone rolled away from the…
  • John 4

    • 11:38 …was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance…
    • 11:39 …Take away the stone Jesus said Lord by…
    • 11:41 …they took away the stone Then Jesus lifted His…
    • 20:1 …and saw that the stone had been removed from…
  • Acts 2

    • 4:11 …This Jesus is the stone you builders rejected which…
    • 17:29 …gold or silver or stone an image formed by…
  • Romans 2

    • 9:32 …stumbled over the stumbling stone
    • 9:33 …I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a…
  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 3:7 …was engraved in letters on stone came with such glory…
  • 1 Peter 4

    • 2:4 …to Him the living stone rejected by men but…
    • 2:6 …I lay in Zion a stone a chosen and precious…
    • 2:7 …who do not believe The stone the builders rejected has…
    • 2:8 …and A stone of stumbling and a…
  • Revelation 2

    • 18:21 …mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a…
    • 21:19 …every kind of precious stone The first foundation was…
“stones” 14
  • Matthew 2

    • 3:9 …that out of these stones God can raise up…
    • 4:3 …of God tell these stones to become bread…
  • Mark 2

    • 5:5 …out and cutting himself with stones
    • 13:1 …look at the magnificent stones and buildings…
  • Luke 3

    • 3:8 …that out of these stones God can raise up…
    • 19:40 …remain silent the very stones will cry out…
    • 21:5 …was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts Jesus…
  • John 2

    • 8:59 …this they picked up stones to throw at Him…
    • 10:31 …Jews again picked up stones to stone Him…
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 3:12 …using gold silver precious stones wood hay or straw…
  • 1 Peter 1

    • 2:5 …you also like living stones are being built into…
  • Revelation 3

    • 17:4 …with gold and precious stones and pearls She held…
    • 18:12 …of gold silver precious stones and pearls of fine…
    • 18:16 …with gold and precious stones and pearls…
“another” 4
  • Matthew 1

    • 24:2 …will be left on another every one will be…
  • Mark 1

    • 13:2 …will be left on another every one will be…
  • Luke 2

    • 19:44 …leave one stone on another because you did not…
    • 21:6 …will be left on another every one will be…
“one stone” 2
  • Matthew 1

    • 24:2 …I tell you not one stone here will be left…
  • Luke 1

    • 19:44 …They will not leave one stone on another because you…
“millstone” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 17:2 …for him to have a millstone hung around his neck…
Not matched to an English word 1
“carnelian” 1
  • Revelation 1

    • 4:3 …looked like jasper and carnelian and a rainbow that…
“jewel” 1
  • Revelation 1

    • 21:11 …like a most precious jewel like a jasper as…
“jasper” 1
  • Revelation 1

    • 21:11 …most precious jewel like a jasper as clear as crystal…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.