What does λίθινος (líthinos) mean in the Bible?
λίθινος (líthinos) is a Greek word meaning "stone".
Greek · G3035
λίθινος
Stone
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λίθινος G3035
Pronunciation líthinos
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 It stone 2× John 2:6, Revelation 9:20
of stone 1× 2 Corinthians 3:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 2:6
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
John 1 2 Corinthians 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
λίθινα 1x lithina Revelation 9:20
λίθιναι 1x lithinai John 2:6
λιθίναις 1x lithinais 2 Corinthians 3:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 9:20
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 3:3
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x John 2:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. stone
Strong's G3035
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
stone
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 2:6 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
λίθιναι liqinai
made of stone
Read verse 2 Corinthians 3:3 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
λιθίναις, liqinaiv
made of stone
Read verse Revelation 9:20 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
λίθινα liqina
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine John 2:6 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 3:3 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rev 9:20 1×
Word Origins
λίθινος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain