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Strong's #3038 - λιθόστρωτος
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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.
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 ).†
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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.
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