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πέτρα

petrarockHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine15 occurrences7 books14 verses

Definition

πέτρα, -ας, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for סֶלַע, צוּר ;]

a rock, i.e. a mass of live rock as distinct from πέτρος, a detached stone or boulder : Matthew 7:24-25; 27:51, 60, Mark 15:46, Luke 6:48; 8:6, 13; of a hollow rock, a cave, Revelation 6:15-16 (of. Isaiah 2:10, al.). Metaphorical, Matthew 16:18 (on the meaning, see Hort, Eccl., 16 ff., but cf. also ICC, in l), 1 Corinthians 10:4; = πέτρος, Romans 9:33, 1 Peter 2:8" (LXX) .

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

15 total
  1. Matthew 7:24πέτραν · rock
    Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  2. Matthew 7:25πέτραν · rock
    The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
  3. Matthew 16:18πέτρᾳ · rock
    And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  4. Matthew 27:51πέτραι · rocks
    At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
  5. Matthew 27:60πέτρᾳ · rock
    …and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
  6. Mark 15:46πέτρας · [the] rock
    So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
  7. Luke 6:48πέτραν · rock
    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.
  8. Luke 8:6πέτραν · rocky ground
    Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
  9. Luke 8:13πέτρας · rocky ground
    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.
  10. Romans 9:33πέτραν · a rock
    …as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  11. 1 Corinthians 10:4πέτρας · rock; πέτρα · rock
    …and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
  12. 1 Peter 2:8πέτρα · a rock
    …and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
  13. Revelation 6:15πέτρας · rocks
    Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
  14. Revelation 6:16πέτραις · rocks
    And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.