Strong G4073πέτρα
rock
- Transliteration
- petra
- Pronunciation
- pet'-ra
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of the same as G4074; a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively): - rock.
Detailed definition
πέτρα, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for סֶלַע, צוּר;]
a rock, i.e. a mass of live rock as distinct from πέτρος, a detached stone or boulder : Mat.7:24-25 27:51, 60 Mrk.15:46, Luk.6:48 8:6, 13; of a hollow rock, a cave, Rev.6:15-16 (of. Isa.2:10, al.). Metaphorical, Mat.16:18 (on the meaning, see Hort, Eccl., 16 ff., but cf. also ICC, in l), 1Co.10:4; = πέτρος, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for סֶלַע, צוּר;]
a rock, i.e. a mass of live rock as distinct from πέτρος, a detached stone or boulder : Mat.7:24-25 27:51, 60 Mrk.15:46, Luk.6:48 8:6, 13; of a hollow rock, a cave, Rev.6:15-16 (of. Isa.2:10, al.). Metaphorical, Mat.16:18 (on the meaning, see Hort, Eccl., 16 ff., but cf. also ICC, in l), 1Co.10:4; = πέτρος, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4073 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rock14
First verses
- Matthew 7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Matthew 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Matthew 27:60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- Mark 15:46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
- Luke 6:48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Luke 8:6And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
- Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
- Romans 9:33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
- 1 Corinthians 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
- Revelation 6:15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
- Revelation 6:16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πέτρα,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect πέτρη, ἡ, rock; frequently of cliffs, ledges, etc. by the sea, λισσὴ αἰπεῖά τε εἰς ἅλα πέτρη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.293, compare 4.501, etc.)]; χῶρος λεῖος πετράων free from rocks, of a beach,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.443; π. ἠλίβατος.. ἁλὸς ἐγγὺς ἐοῦσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.618, etc.)]; χοιρὰς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.52)]; also, rocky peak or ridge, αἰγίλιψ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.15, etc.; ἠλίβατος 16.35, etc.)]; λιττὰς π. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 1.30, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 796 (Lyric poetry))]; π. Λευκάς, Ὠλενίη, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.11, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.757, etc.)]; π. σύνδρομοι, Συμπληγάδες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.209, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1264 (Lyric poetry))]; πρὸς πέτραις ὑψηλοκρήμνοις, of Caucasus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 4, compare 31, 56, +others)]; π. Δελφίς, π. δίλοφος, of Parnassus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 464 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 1126 (Lyric poetry); π. Κωρυκίς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 22)]; π. Κεκροπία, of the Acropolis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 936.)]
2 π. γλαφυρή a hollow rock, i.e. a cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.88, compare 4.107)]; σπέος κοιλῇ ὑπὸ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 301)]; δίστομος π. cave in the rock with a double entrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 16, compare 937)]; κατηρεφεῖς αὐτῇ τῇ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116b; π. ἀντρώδης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.11; τόπος κύκλῳ πέτραις περιεχόμενος “IG” 42(1).122.21 (Epid.))]; ἕως τῆς π. down to virgin rock, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 172.14 (3rd c.BC), “OGI” 672 (Egypt, 1st c.AD),cf. NT.Matt.16.18.)]
3 mass of rock or boulder, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.243, 484, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 675; πέτρας κυλινδομένα φλόξ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.23; ἐκυλίνδουν πέτρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.20, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.53.4.)]
4 stone as material, π. λαρτία, Τηΐα, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 581.97 (Crete, 3rd-2nd c.BC), 996.13 (Smyrna, 1st c.AD): distinguished from πέτρος (which see))], which is variant in X.[same place]; πέτρᾳ should be read in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 272)]; the distinction is minimized by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.194.)]
II proverbial, οὐκ ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρης, etc. (see. δρῦς); as a symbol of firmness, ὁ δ᾽ ἐστάθη ἠΰτε π. ἔμπεδον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.463)]; of hard-heartedness, ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 244; ἁλίαν π. ἢ κῦμα λιταῖς ὢς ἱκετεύων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 537 (_anapaest meter_); compare πέτρος 1.2. (Written πε-τε-ρα)] in a text with musical accompaniment, [Refs (“Paean Delphicus [2nd c.BC]” 5.))]
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect πέτρη, ἡ, rock; frequently of cliffs, ledges, etc. by the sea, λισσὴ αἰπεῖά τε εἰς ἅλα πέτρη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.293, compare 4.501, etc.)]; χῶρος λεῖος πετράων free from rocks, of a beach,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.443; π. ἠλίβατος.. ἁλὸς ἐγγὺς ἐοῦσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.618, etc.)]; χοιρὰς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.52)]; also, rocky peak or ridge, αἰγίλιψ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.15, etc.; ἠλίβατος 16.35, etc.)]; λιττὰς π. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 1.30, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 796 (Lyric poetry))]; π. Λευκάς, Ὠλενίη, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.11, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.757, etc.)]; π. σύνδρομοι, Συμπληγάδες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.209, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1264 (Lyric poetry))]; πρὸς πέτραις ὑψηλοκρήμνοις, of Caucasus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 4, compare 31, 56, +others)]; π. Δελφίς, π. δίλοφος, of Parnassus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 464 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 1126 (Lyric poetry); π. Κωρυκίς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 22)]; π. Κεκροπία, of the Acropolis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 936.)]
2 π. γλαφυρή a hollow rock, i.e. a cave, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.88, compare 4.107)]; σπέος κοιλῇ ὑπὸ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 301)]; δίστομος π. cave in the rock with a double entrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 16, compare 937)]; κατηρεφεῖς αὐτῇ τῇ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116b; π. ἀντρώδης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.11; τόπος κύκλῳ πέτραις περιεχόμενος “IG” 42(1).122.21 (Epid.))]; ἕως τῆς π. down to virgin rock, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 172.14 (3rd c.BC), “OGI” 672 (Egypt, 1st c.AD),cf. NT.Matt.16.18.)]
3 mass of rock or boulder, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.243, 484, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 675; πέτρας κυλινδομένα φλόξ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.23; ἐκυλίνδουν πέτρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.20, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.53.4.)]
4 stone as material, π. λαρτία, Τηΐα, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 581.97 (Crete, 3rd-2nd c.BC), 996.13 (Smyrna, 1st c.AD): distinguished from πέτρος (which see))], which is variant in X.[same place]; πέτρᾳ should be read in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 272)]; the distinction is minimized by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.194.)]
II proverbial, οὐκ ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρης, etc. (see. δρῦς); as a symbol of firmness, ὁ δ᾽ ἐστάθη ἠΰτε π. ἔμπεδον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.463)]; of hard-heartedness, ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 244; ἁλίαν π. ἢ κῦμα λιταῖς ὢς ἱκετεύων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 537 (_anapaest meter_); compare πέτρος 1.2. (Written πε-τε-ρα)] in a text with musical accompaniment, [Refs (“Paean Delphicus [2nd c.BC]” 5.))]