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GreekG4073Noun (Feminine)

πέτρα

petra

14Occurrences
G4073Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively)

feminine of the same as G4074 (Πέτρος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a rock, i.e. a mass of live rock as distinct from πέτρος, a detached stone or boulder : of a hollow rock, a cave, (of. ). Metaphorical, (on the meaning, see Hort, Eccl., 16 ff., but cf. also ICC, in l); = πέτρος, " (LXX) .
LXX: chiefly for סֶלַע, צוּר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

πέτρα appears 14 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
5
Luke
3
Revelation
2
1 Corinthians
1
1 Peter
1
Mark
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:4BSB

and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

Luke 6:48BSB

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

Luke 8:13BSB

The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

Matthew 27:51BSB

At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

Matthew 7:24BSB

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.