His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
The 1611 reading
His heart is as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a peece of the nether mil-stone.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 2:12
Complete exact-word concordance
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
His heart is as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a peece of the nether mil-stone.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
They shall beare thee vp in their hands: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
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.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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.
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
And loe, it was all growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall therof was broken downe:
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
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.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
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.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
1611 marginal noteHeb. heauinesse.
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.
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.
¶ 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.
¶ 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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