Word Study · Strong's G3036 · Greek
λιθοβολέω
lithoboleo
lith-ob-ol-eh'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: lithoboléō
“to throw stones, i.e. lapidate”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to throw stones, i.e. lapidate
Rendered in the KJV as
stone, cast stones.
- 7occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- λιθοβολοῦσα2
- ἐλιθοβόλησαν.1
- ἐλιθοβόλουν1
- ἐλιθοβόλουν.1
- λιθοβοληθήσεται1
- λιθοβολῆσαι1
How it is rendered · 6
- stoning2
- it will be stoned1
- they stoned.1
- they were stoning1
- they were stoning [him].1
- to stone1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person plural2
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · vocative (address) · feminine singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · future passive, statement · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-IAI-3P · 2
- V-PAP-VSF · 2
- V-AAI-3P · 1
- V-AAN · 1
- V-FPI-3S · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 21:35ἐλιθοβόλησαν.elithobolēsanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralBut the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.here: they stoned.
- Matthew 23:37λιθοβολοῦσαlithobolousaverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · vocative (address) · feminine singularO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!here: stoning
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 7:58ἐλιθοβόλουν.elithobolounverb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person pluralThey dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.here: they were stoning [him].
- Acts 7:59ἐλιθοβόλουνelithobolounverb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person pluralWhile they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”here: they were stoning
- Acts 14:5λιθοβολῆσαιlithobolēsaiverb · aorist (simple past) active, infinitive (“to…”)But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,here: to stone