What does λίθινος (líthinos) mean in the Bible?
λίθινος (líthinos) is a Greek word meaning "stone".
Greek · G3035
λίθινος
Stone
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λίθινοςG3035
Pronunciationlíthinos
What does λίθινος (líthinos) mean in the Bible?
λίθινος (líthinos) is a Greek word meaning "stone".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3035?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include stone (2), of stone (1).
Where does λίθινος (líthinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 2:6. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), John (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itstone2×John 2:6, Revelation 9:20
of stone1×2 Corinthians 3:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 2:6
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
John12 Corinthians1Revelation1
Source forms
λίθινα1xlithinaRevelation 9:20
λίθιναι1xlithinaiJohn 2:6
λιθίναις1xlithinais2 Corinthians 3:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural1xRevelation 9:20
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural1x2 Corinthians 3:3
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural1xJohn 2:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. stone
Strong'sG3035
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
stone
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 2:6Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
λίθιναιliqinai
made of stone
Read verse2 Corinthians 3:3Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
λιθίναις,liqinaiv
made of stone
Read verseRevelation 9:20Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
λίθιναliqina
made of stone
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · FeminineJohn 2:61×
Dative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 3:31×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterRev 9:201×
Word Origins
λίθινος is built from this root:
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