λιθάζω
lithazō
“to stone”
Definition
to lapidate
from G3037 (λίθος);
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
λιθάζω appears 8 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
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