Strong's Lexicon
G3038 — λιθόστρωτος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3038 |
|---|---|
| Word: | λιθόστρωτος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G3037 and a derivative of G4766 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | lithostrotos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lith-os'-tro-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. stone-strewed, i.e. a tessellated mosaic on which the Roman tribunal was placed |
| KJV Renderings: | Pavement |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λιθόστρωτος, λιθόστρωτον (from λίθος and the verbal adjective στρωτός from στρώννυμι), spread (paved) with stones (νυμφειον, Sophocles Antig. 1204-1205); τό λιθόστρωτον, substantively, a mosaic or tessellated pavement: so of a place near the praetorium or palace at Jerusalem, Joh 19:13 (see Γαββαθα); of places in the outer courts of the temple, 2Ch 7:3; Josephus, b. j. 6, 1, 8 and 3, 2; of an apartment whose pavement consists of tessellated work, Epictetus diss. 4, 7, 31, cf. Est 1:6; Suetonius, Julius Caesar 46; Pliny, h. n. 36, 60 cf. 64.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λιθόστρωτος (Pavement)
John 19:13
- KJV: When Pilate therefore heard that saying he brought Jesus forth and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement but in the Hebrew Gabbatha
- GK: ο ούν Πιλάτος ακούσας τούτον τον λόγον ήγαγεν έξω τον Ιησούν και εκάθισεν επί του βήματος εις τόπον λεγόμενον Λιθόστρωτον Εβραϊστί δε Γαββαθά