adjective
lithinas
Greekλίθινος (lithinos)
Strong’sG3035
made of stone
stem lithin-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λίθινος, -η, -ον
(λίθος), [in LXX for אֶבֶן;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3035 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlith-ee'-nos
stony, i.e. made of stone
Fromfrom G3037;
King Jamesof stone.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | lithinos | lithinas | lithinem | lithinois | lithinais1×λίθιναι | lithineim1×λίθινα |
| object accusative | lithinon | lithinan | lithinoin | lithinain | ||
| direct address vocative | lithinor | lithinar | lithinoir | lithinair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | lithinou | lithinau | lithineu | lithinoiu | lithinaiu | lithineiu |
| to, for dative | lithino | lithina | lithine | lithinoi | lithinai1×λιθίναις | lithinei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
lithin is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
lithinais“stone”subjectnominative plural1×
John 2:6“stone”ale de ekei lithinais hudriais hex kata ton katharismon toiu Ioudaioiu keierōtais, chōrarōtais ana metrētoin duo ē treis.Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
lithinai“stone”to, fordative plural1×
2 Corinthians 3:3“stone”fanerirōtois hoti avō epistolas Christou diakoniratas hupo nu, engrafirētas ouk melane alla pneume theou zōarōtou, ouk en plaxai lithinai alla en plaxai kardiai sarkinai.It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
lithineim“stone”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Revelation 9:20“stone”Kai tois loipois toiu anthrōpoiu, hois ouk apokteinila en tai plēgai houtai, oude metanoala ek teiu ergeiu taiu cheiraiu autoiu, hina mē proskunali teim daimoneim kai teim eidōleim teim chrusoueim kai teim arguroueim kai teim chalkoueim kai teim lithineim kai teim xulineim, heim oute bleparō dunelō oute akouarō oute peripatarō,Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.