Definition
λιθο-βολέω, -ῶ
(λίθος, βάλλω), [in LXX for סָקַל, רָגַם, Exodus 19:13, Leviticus 20:2, al. ;]
to pelt with stones, to kill by stoning, to stone (cf. λιθάζω): with accusative of person(s), Matthew 21:35; 23:37, Luke 13:34, Acts 7:58-59; 14:5; pass., Hebrews 12:20 (LXX).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as λιθοβολέω:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Matthew 21:35ἐλιθοβόλησαν · stonedBut the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- Matthew 23:37λιθοβολοῦσα · stonesO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Luke 13:34λιθοβολοῦσα · stonesO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Acts 7:58ἐλιθοβόλουν · [and] began to stone [him]They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Acts 7:59ἐλιθοβόλουν · they were stoning [him]While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- Acts 14:5λιθοβολῆσαι · stoneBut when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
- Hebrews 12:20λιθοβοληθήσεται · it must be stonedFor they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”