πέτρα petra

Greek word for “rock” · Strong’s G4073 · used 15 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

πέτρα, -ας, ἡ; a rock, i.e.

How it is translated

Glosses given for petra in context, with how often each is used:

• rock 12
• rocks 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 7 (2), Matthew 27 (2), Luke 8 (2), Revelation 6 (2), Matthew 16 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 6 (1), Romans 9 (1), 1 Corinthians 10 (1), 1 Peter 2 (1)

Forms

• πέτραν 5
• πέτρας 4
• πέτρᾳ 2
• πέτρα 2
• πέτραι 1
• πέτραις 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with petra more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• τίθημι tithēmi “to place” 5
• λίθος lithos “stone” 4
• λατομέω latomeō “to hew” 2
• προσκυλίω proskuliō “to roll before” 2
• οἰκοδομέω oikodomeō “to build” 3
• πρόσκομμα proskomma “stumbling block” 2
• οἰκία oikia “home” 3
• σκάνδαλον skandalon “stumbling block” 2
• ποταμός potamos “river” 2
• κρύπτω kruptō “to hide” 2
• μνημεῖον mnēmeion “grave” 2
• θύρα thura “door” 2

Key verses

The verses using petra that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:24 — Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Matthew 7:25 — And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
• Matthew 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Matthew 27:51 — And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
• Matthew 27:60 — And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
• Luke 6:48 — He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that…
• Luke 8:13 — They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall…
• Romans 9:33 — As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
• 1 Corinthians 10:4 — And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
• 1 Peter 2:8 — And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• Revelation 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid…
• Revelation 6:16 — And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.