Dictionary entry

λίθος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

λίθος, -ου, ὁ

(and, in Att., of precious stones, ἡ.), [in LXX for אֶבֶן, Ge 11:3, al.; λ. τίμιος, for פָּז, Ps 18 (19):1020 (21):3, Pr 8:19, al.;]

a stone: Mt 4:6, al.; pl., Mt 3:9, al.; at the entrance of a tomb, Mt 27:60, 6628:2, Mk 15:4616:3, 4, Lk 24:2, Jo 11:38, 39, 4120:1; λ. μυλικός, Lk 17:2, cf. Re 18:21; of building stones, Mt 21:42, [44] 24:2, Mk 12:1013:1, 2, Lk 19:4420:17, 1821:5, 6Ac 4:11, I Pe 2:7; metaph., of Christ, λ. ἀκρογωναῖος, ἐκλεκτός, ἔντιμος, I Pe 2:6(LXX); λ. ζῶν, I Pe 2:4; προσκόμματος, I Pe 2:8, Ro 9:33; of Christians, λ. ζῶντες, I Pe 2:5; of precious stones, λ. τίμιος, Re 17:418:12, 1621:11, 19; ἴασπις, Re 4:3; ἐνδεδυμένοι λ. καθαρόν, Re 15:6 (λίνον, Rec., R, mg., v. Swete, in l.); metaph., λ. τίμιοι, I Co 3:12; of the tables of the law, II Co 3:7; of idols, Ac 17:29.