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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3038 - λιθόστρωτος

Transliteration

lithóstrōtos

Phonetics

lith-os'-tro-tos

Origin

from (G3037) and a derivative of (G4766)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

spread (paved with stones)
a mosaic or tessellated pavement
1. of a place near the praetorium or palace of Jerusalem
2. an apartment whose pavement consists of tessellated work
3. of places in the outer courts of temple

The word for "Pavement" is found nowhere else in the NT, but itsHebrew equivalent occurs just once in the OT, and it is evident thatthe Holy Sprit would have us link the two passages together. In 2Kings 16:17 we read, "King Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, andremoved the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off thebrazen oxen that were under it and put it upon a "pavement" ofstones." In Ahaz's case, his act was the conclusive token of hissurrender to abject apostasy. So here of Pilate coming down to thelevel of the apostate Jews. In the former case it was a Jewish rulerdominated by a Gentile idolater; in the latter, a Gentile idolater,dominated by Jews who rejected their Messiah! AWP

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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7528 ‑ רָצַף (raw‑tsaf'); 7531 ‑ רִצְפָּה (rits‑paw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

John

NAS (1)

John

HCS (1)

John

BSB (1)

John

WEB ( 0 )

WEB (1)

John

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λῐθό-στρωτος, ον,

1. paved with stones, S. Ant. 1204; δρόμος POxy. 2138.15 (iii A.D.), PFlor. 50.97 (iii A.D.).

2. esp. of tessellated work, λ. ἔδαφος Str. 17.1.28, Poll. 7.121; λ., τό, mosaic or tessellated pavement, IG 42(1).110.19 (Epid., iv/iii B.C.), LXX Ca. 3.10, John 19:13, CIG 2643 (Cyprus, - στρατ -), Roussel Délos: Colonie Athénienne p.422, Arr. Epict. 4.7.37 (v.l.), etc.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

λιθό -στρωτος , -ον

(< στρώννυμι ),

[in LXX: 2 Chronicles 7:3, Ezra 1:6, (H7531, H7528)*;]

paved with stones, esp. of tessallated work (Ca, i.e.); as subst., τὸ λ ., a tessallated pavement: John 19:13 (cf. Γαββαθᾶ ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (John 19:13) cf. P Flor I. 50.97 (A.D. 268) ἐπὶ τοῦ λιθοστρώτου δρόμου Ἕρμου. See also Aristeas 88 τὸ δὲ πᾶν ἔδαφος λιθόστρωτον καθέστηκε, ";the whole floor (of the temple) is paved with stones"; (Thackeray). Other exx. in Wetstein.

List of Word Forms

Λιθοστρωτον Λιθόστρωτον λιθοστρώτου λιθουργήσαι λιθουργικά λιθουργικής Lithostroton Lithostrōton Lithóstroton Lithóstrōton

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