Dictionaries :: Stones

Nave's Topical Bible

Stones: Commandments Engraved Upon

Exd 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; Deu 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3

Stones: The Law of Moses Written Upon

Jos 8:32

Stones: Houses Built Of

Isa 9:10; Amo 5:11

Stones: Temple Built Of

1Ki 5:17, 18; 7:9-12; Mat 24:2; Luk 19:44; 21:5, 6

Stones: Prepared in the Quarries

1Ki 6:7

Stones: Hewn (Cut)

Exd 34:1; Deu 10:1; 1Ki 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 34:11; Lam 3:9

Stones: Sawed

1Ki 7:9

Stones: Hewers (Stone-Cutters) Of

1Ki 5:18; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15

Stones: City Walls Built Of

Neh 4:3

Stones: Memorial Pillars Of

Gen 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Jos 4:2-9, 20-24; 24:25; 1Sa 7:12

Stones: Great

As landmarks, (some Hebrew mss. have "Abel"),

1Sa 6:18;

Ezel,

1Sa 20:19;

Zoheleth,

1Ki 1:9.

Stones: Thrown upon Accursed Ground

2Ki 3:19, 25

Stones: Used

In building altars,

Jos 8:31;

for weighing,

Lev 19:36 [marg.];

for closing graves,

Mat 27:60; Mar 15:46; 16:3.

Stones: Tombs Hewn In

Mat 27:60; Mar 15:46; 16:3

Stones: Idols Made Of

Deu 4:28; 28:36, 64; 29:17; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; Eze 20:32

Stones: Great, in Solomon's Temple

1Ki 5:17, 18; 7:9-12

Stones: Magnificent, in Herod the Great's Temple

Mar 13:1

Stones: Skill in Throwing

Jdg 20:16; 1Ch 12:2

See SLINGS

Stones: References Concerning

See ADAMANT; CHALCEDONY; MARBLE; ONYX; PILLAR

See PRECIOUS, below

Stones: Figurative:

Gen 49:24; Zec 3:9

Of temptation, "stone of stumbling,"

Isa 8:14; Rom 9:33; 1Pe 2:8.

Of Christ, "a tested stone," "a precious stone," "a sure foundation,"

Isa 28:16;

of Christ's rejection, the rejected corner stone,

Psa 118:22; Mat 21:42-44; Mar 12:10; Luk 20:17, 18; Act 4:11; 1Pe 2:4;

the true foundation,

Isa 28:16; Mat 16:18; 1Cr 3:11; Eph 2:20; Rev 21:14.

Of Christ, the water of life,

1Cr 10:4.

Of the impenitent heart,

Eze 36:26.

Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone,

Rev 2:17.

Stones: Symbolical:

Of the kingdom of Christ,

Dan 2:34, 45.

Stones: Precious:

In the breastplate and ephod,

Exd 28:9-21; 39:6-14.

Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod,

Exd 35:27.

Exported from Sheba,

1Ki 10:2, 10; 2Ch 9:9, 10; Eze 27:22;

Ophir,

1Ki 10:11.

Partial catalogue of,

Eze 28:13.

Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision,

Rev 21:19, 20.

In the crowns of kings,

2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 20:2.

FIGURATIVE:

Isa 54:11, 12.

See AGATE; AMETHYST; BERYL; CARBUNCLE; CHRYSOLYTE; CHRYSOPRASUS; CORAL; CRYSTAL; DIAMOND; EMERALD; JACINTH; JASPER; LIGURE; RUBY; SAPPHIRE; SARDIUS; SARDONYX; TOPAZ

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Stones:

Besides the ordinary uses to which stones were applied, we may mention that large stones were set up to commemorate any remarkable event (Genesis 28:18; 35:14; 31:45; Joshua 4:9; 1 Samuel 7:12). Such stones were occasionally consecrated By anointing (Genesis 28:18). Heaps of stones were piled up on various occasions, as in token of a treaty (Genesis 31:47) or over the grave of some notorious offender (Joshua 7:26; 8:29; 2 Samuel 18:17). The "white stone" noticed in Revelation 2:17 has been variously regarded as referring to the pebble of acquittal used in the Greek courts; to the lot cast in elections in Greece to both these combined; to the stones in the high priest's breastplate; to the tickets presented to the victor at the public games; or, lastly, to the custom of writing on stones. The notice in Zechariah 12:3 of the "burdensome stone" is referred by Jerome to the custom of lifting stones as an exercise of strength, (compare Ecclesiasticus 6:21); but it may equally well be explained of a large corner‐stone as a symbol of strength (Isaiah 28:16). Stones are used metaphorically to denote hardness or insensibility (1 Samuel 25:37; Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26) as well as firmness or strength (Genesis 49:24). The members of the Church are called "living stones," as contributing to rear that living temple in which Christ, himself "a living stone," is the chief or head of the corner (Ephesians 2:20-22; 1 Peter 2:4-8).