λίθος

λίθος, -ου, ὁ

(and, in Att.., of precious stones, ἡ.) [in LXX for אֶבֶן, 1 Mos 11,3, al.; λ. τίμιος, for פָּז, Sl 19,10; 21,3, Ord 8,19, al. ;]

a stone: Matt 4,6, al.; pl., Matt 3,9, al.; at the entrance of a tomb, Matt 27,60, 66; 28,2, Mark 15,46; 16,3-4, Luk 24,2, Joh 11,38, 32; 11,41; 20,1; λ. μυλικός, Luk 17,2, cf. Åb 18,21 of building stones, Matt 21,42, [44], Matt 24,2, Mark 12,10; 13,1-2, Luk 19,44; 20,17-18; 21,5-6 ApG 4,11, 1 Pet 2,7; metaphorically, of Christ, λ. ἀκρογωναῖος, ἐκλεκτός, ἔντιμος, 1 Pet 2,6 (LXX); λ. ζῶν, 1 Pet 2,4 προσκόμματος, 1 Pet 2,8, Rom 9,33; of Christians, λ. ζῶντες, 1 Pet 2,5 of precious stones, λ. τίμιος, Åb 17,4; 18,12, 16; 21,11, 19; ἴασπις, Åb 4,3 ἐνδεδυμένοι λ. καθαρόν, Åb 15,6 (λίνον, Rec., R, mg., see Swete, in l); metaphorically, λ. τίμιοι, 1 Kor 3,12 of the tables of the law, 2 Kor 3,7 of idols, ApG 17,29