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stone

Meaning of “stone”

Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.

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191 occurrences176 verses35 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:12

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Job 41:24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 41:24 · retained source text

His heart is as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a peece of the nether mil-stone.

Psalms 118:22
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 118:22 · retained source text

The stone which the builders refused: is become the head stone of the corner.

1611 marginal noteMat.21.42 mar. 12.10. luk. 20.17. acts 4.11. 1.pet. 2.4.

Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 17:8 · retained source text

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoeuer it turneth, it prospereth.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a stone of grace.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.16.

Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 24:31 · retained source text

And loe, it was all growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall therof was broken downe:

Proverbs 26:8
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:8 · retained source text

As hee that bindeth a stone in a sling; so is hee that giueth honour to a foole.

1611 marginal noteOr, as he that putteth a pretious stone in an heape of stones.

Proverbs 26:27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:27 · retained source text

Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will returne vpon him.

1611 marginal noteEccles.10.5. psal.17.16. & 9.15.

Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 27:3 · retained source text

A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heauinesse.

Isaiah 8:14
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:14 · retained source text

And he shalbe for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rocke of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a ginne, and for a snare to the inhabitants of Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteIsa.28.16. luke 2.34. rom.9.33. 1.pet.2.7.

Isaiah 28:16
¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:16 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD God, Beholde, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tryed stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: hee that beleeueth, shall not make haste.

1611 marginal notePsal. 118.22. matth. 21.42. acts 4.11. 1.pet. 2.6,7,8. rom.9.33. and 10.11.

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