adjective

petrōdeem

Greekπετρῶδες (petrōdes)

Strong’sG4075

rocky, stony

stem petrōde-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

rocky ground4×

What it means

* πετρώδης, -ες

(< πέτρα, εἶδος),

rock-like, rocky, stony: τὸ, τὰ π., of shallow soil with underlying rock, Mt 13:5, 20, Mk 4:5, 16.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4075 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpet-ro'-dace

rock-like, i.e. rocky

Fromfrom G4073 and G1491;

King Jamesstony.

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	petrōdeos	petrōdeas	petrōdeem1×πετρῶδες	petrōdeois	petrōdeais	petrōdeeim3×πετρώδη
object accusative	petrōdeon	petrōdean		petrōdeoin	petrōdeain
direct address vocative	petrōdeor	petrōdear		petrōdeoir	petrōdeair
of, belonging to genitive	petrōdeou	petrōdeau	petrōdeeu	petrōdeoiu	petrōdeaiu	petrōdeeiu
to, for dative	petrōdeo	petrōdea	petrōdee	petrōdeoi	petrōdeai	petrōdeei

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

petrōdestem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

petrōde 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

petrōdeem“rocky ground”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Mark 4:5“rocky ground”kai allem piptata epi tem petrōdeem hopou ouk echate gēan pollan, kai euthuos exanatellata dia tem mē echarō bathem gēau;Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

petrōdeeim“rocky ground”subject or objectdirect plural3×

Matthew 13:5“rocky ground”alleim de piptata epi teim petrōdeeim hopou ouk echate gēan pollan, kai eutheōs exanatellata dia tem mē echarō bathem gēau,Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

Matthew 13:20“rocky ground”tos de epi teim petrōdeeim speiriratos, houtos atō tos ton logon akouarōtos kai euthuos meta charau lambarōtos auton,The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

Mark 4:16“rocky ground”kai houtois alō homoiōs tois epi teim petrōdeeim speirirōtois, hois hotan akoualeia ton logon euthuos meta charau lambalō auton,Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.