is used (I) literally, of (a) the “stones” of the ground, e.g., Mat 4:3<\/span>, Mat 4:6<\/span>; Mat 7:9<\/span>; (b) “tombstones,” e.g., Mat 27:60<\/span>, Mat 27:66<\/span>; (c) “building stones,” e.g., Mat 21:42<\/span>; (d) “a millstone,” Luk 17:2<\/span>; cp. Rev 18:21<\/span> (see MILLSTONE); (e) the “tables (or tablets)” of the Law, 2Co 3:7<\/span>; (f) “idol images,” Act 17:29<\/span>; (g) the “treasures” of commercial Babylon, Rev 18:12<\/span>, Rev 18:16<\/span>; (II) metaphorically, of (a) Christ, Rom 9:33<\/span>; 1Pe 2:4<\/span>, 1Pe 2:6<\/span>, 1Pe 2:8<\/span>; (b) believers, 1Pe 2:5<\/span>; (c) spiritual edification by scriptural teaching, 1Co 3:12<\/span>; (d) the adornment of the foundations of the wall of the spiritual and heavenly Jerusalem, Rev 21:19<\/span>; (e) the adornment of the seven angels in Rev 15:6<\/span>, RV (so the best texts; some have linon, “linen,” AV); (f) the adornment of religious Babylon, Rev 17:4<\/span>; (III) figuratively, of Christ, Rev 4:3<\/span>; Rev 21:11<\/span>, where “light” stands for “Light-giver” (phoster). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “a smooth stone, a pebble,” worn smooth as by water, or polished (akin to psao, “to rub”), denotes (a) by metonymy, a vote (from the use of “pebbles” for this purpose; cp. psephizo, “to count”), Act 26:10<\/span>, RV (AV, “voice”); (b) a (white) “stone” to be given to the overcomer in the church at Pergamum, Rev 2:17<\/span> (twice); a white “stone” was often used in the social life and judicial customs of the ancients; festal days were noted by a white “stone,” days of calamity by a black; in the courts a white “stone” indicated acquittal, a black condemnation. A host’s appreciation of a special guest was indicated by a white “stone” with the name or a message written on it; this is probably the allusion here. <\/p>\n Note: In Joh 1:42<\/span> petros stands for the proper name, Peter, as the RV (AV, “a stone;” marg., “Peter”); petros denotes “a piece of a rock, a detached stone or boulder,” in contrast to petra, “a mass of rock.” See ROCK. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to pelt with stones” (A, No. 1, and ballo, “to throw”), “to stone to death,” occurs in Mat 21:35<\/span>; Mat 23:37<\/span>; Luk 13:34<\/span> (Joh 8:5<\/span> in some mss.: see No. 2); Act 7:58-59<\/span>; Act 14:5<\/span>; Heb 12:20<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to stone,” virtually equivalent to No. 1, but not stressing the casting, occurs in Joh 8:5<\/span> (in the most authentic mss.); Joh 10:31-33<\/span>; Joh 11:8<\/span>; Act 5:26<\/span>; Act 14:19<\/span>; 2Co 11:25<\/span>; Heb 11:37<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n an intensive form of No. 2, “to cast stones at,” occurs in Luk 20:6<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “of stone” (akin to A, No. 1), occurs in Joh 2:6<\/span>; 2Co 3:3<\/span>; Rev 9:20<\/span>. <\/p>\n Stone (Noun, Verb, and Adjective) is used (I) literally, of (a) the “stones” of the ground, e.g., Mat 4:3, Mat 4:6; Mat 7:9; (b) “tombstones,” e.g., Mat 27:60, Mat 27:66; (c) “building stones,” e.g., Mat 21:42; (d) “a millstone,” Luk 17:2; cp. Rev 18:21 (see MILLSTONE); (e) the “tables (or tablets)” of the Law, 2Co … Continue reading “Stone (Noun, Verb, and Adjective)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"