Greek verb · G3036
λιθοβολέω
lithoboleolith-ob-ol-eh'-o
to stone
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lithoboléō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3036is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3036
to throw stones, i.e. lapidate
The King James renders it: stone, cast stones.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
lithoboleo is rendered "to stone". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 21:35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Matthew 21:35ἐλιθοβόλησαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- stoning2
- they were stoning2
- it will be stoned1
- they stoned1
- to stone1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| λίθος | lithos | stone | Uses58 |
| λιθόστρωτος | lithostrotos | The Stone Pavement | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐλιθοβόλουν2
- λιθοβολοῦσα2
- ἐλιθοβόλησαν1
- λιθοβοληθήσεται1
- λιθοβολῆσαι1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singular2V-PAP-VSF
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FPI-3S
Matthew
two uses
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- ἐλιθοβόλησανelithobolesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they stoned
O 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!
- λιθοβολοῦσαlithobolousaverb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: stoning
Luke
one use
O 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!
- λιθοβολοῦσαlithobolousaverb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: stoning
Acts
three uses
They 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.
- ἐλιθοβόλουνelithobolounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were stoning
While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- ἐλιθοβόλουνelithobolounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were stoning
But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
- λιθοβολῆσαιlithobolesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to stone
Hebrews
one use
For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
- λιθοβοληθήσεταιlithobolethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be stoned
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.