Stone, Stones
ston, stonz:
1. Hebrew and Greek Words:
(1) Chiefly , ‘ebhen, and , lthos; but also, occurring rarely, , ‘eshekh (Lev 21:20); , cur (Job 22:24), usually rock; , ceror (2Sa 17:13); , petros (Joh 1:42); , psephos (Rev 2:17). For , sela, usually cliff, crag, rock, the King James Version, in Psa 137:9; Psa 141:6, has stone, but the Revised Version (British and American) rock. For the King James Version stones, , heres (Job 41:30), the Revised Version (British and American) has potsherds. See SELA.
2. Literal Usage:
The word is used of great stones (Gen 29:2); of small stones (1Sa 17:40); of stones set up as memorials (1Sa 7:12, Eben-ezer, stone of help); of precious stones (Exo 35:9, etc.); of hailstones (Jos 10:11).
3. Figurative Usage:
Of hardness: I will take the stony heart out of their flesh (Eze 11:19); of one smitten: (Nabal’s) heart died within him, and became as a stone (1Sa 25:37); of weight: A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty (Pro 27:3); of dumbness: Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! (Hab 2:19); of Jerusalem: I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples (Zec 12:3); of the corner-stone as a figure of high position:
The stone which the builders rejected
Is become the head of the corner (Psa 118:22).
See FLINT; ROCK.
(2) Used also anatomically of the testicles (Lev 21:20; Deu 23:1; Job 40:17, , pahadh, the Revised Version (British and American) thighs).