Stones
67 references
- Commandments engraved upon Exod. 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; Deut. 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3
- The law of Moses written upon Josh. 8:32
- Houses built of Isa. 9:10; Amos 5:11
- Temple built of 1 Kgs. 5:17,18; 7:9-12; Matt. 24:2; Luke 19:44; 21:5,6
- Prepared in the quarries 1 Kgs. 6:7
- Hewn (cut) Exod. 34:1; Deut. 10:1; 1 Kgs. 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2 Kgs. 12:12; 22:6; 1 Chr. 22:2; 2 Chr. 34:11; Lam. 3:9
- Sawed 1 Kgs. 7:9
- Hewers (stone-cutters) of 1 Kgs. 5:18; 2 Kgs. 12:12; 1 Chr. 22:15
- City walls built of Neh. 4:3
- Memorial pillars of Gen. 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Josh. 4:2-9,20-24; 24:25; 1 Sam. 7:12
- Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel") 1 Sam. 6:18
- Ezel 1 Sam. 20:19
- Zoheleth 1 Kgs. 1:9
- Thrown upon accursed ground 2 Kgs. 3:19,25
- Used
- In building altars Josh. 8:31
- For weighing (margin) Lev. 19:36
- For closing graves Matt. 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3
- Tombs hewn in Matt. 27:60; Mark 15:46; 16:3
- Idols made of Deut. 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; 2 Kgs. 19:18; Isa. 37:19; Ezek. 20:32
- Great, in Solomon' s temple 1 Kgs. 5:17,18; 7:9-12
- Magnificent, in Herod the Great' s temple Mark 13:1
- Skill in throwing Judg. 20:16; 1 Chr. 12:2
- See SLINGS
- See Adamant
- See Chalcedony
- See Marble
- See Onyx
- See PILLARS
- See PRECIOUS, below
- FIGURATIVE Gen. 49:24; Zech. 3:9
- Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling," Isa. 8:14; Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:8
- Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure Foundation," Isa. 28:16
- Of Christ' s rejection, the rejected Conerstone Ps. 118:22; Matt. 21:42-44; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17,18; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet. 2:4
- The True Foundation Isa. 28:16; Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 3:11; Eph. 2:20; Rev. 21:14
- Of Christ, the Water of Life 1 Cor. 10:4
- Of the impenitent heart Ezek. 36:26
- Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone Rev. 2:17
- SYMBOLICAL
- Of the kingdom of Christ Dan. 2:34,45
- PRECIOUS
- In the breastplate and ephod Exod. 28:9-21; 39:6-14
- Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod Exod. 35:27
- Exported from Sheba 1 Kgs. 10:2,10; 2 Chr. 9:9,10; Ezek. 27:22
- Ophir 1 Kgs. 10:11
- Partial catalogue of Ezek. 28:13
- Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John' s apocalyptic vision Rev. 21:19,20
- In the crowns of kings 2 Sam. 12:30; 1 Chr. 20:2
- FIGURATIVE Isa. 54:11,12
- See Agate
- See Amethyst
- See Beryl
- See Carbuncle
- See CHRYSOLITE
- See Chrysoprasus
- See Coral
- See Crystal
- See Diamond
- See Emerald
- See Jacinth
- See Jasper
- See Ligure
- See Ruby
- See Sapphire
- See Sardius
- See Sardonyx
- See Topaz
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.