Strong's Lexicon

G4075

G4075 — πετρώδης

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekpetrodesadjectiveOccurrences: 4

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4075
Word:πετρώδης
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G4073 and G1491
Language:Greek
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:petrodes
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:pet-ro'-dace
Meaning:1. rock-like, i.e. rocky
KJV Renderings:stony

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πετρώδης, πετρῶδες (from πέτρα and εἶδος; hence, properly, ’rocklike,’ ’having the appearance of rock’), rocky, stony: τό πετρῶδες and τά πετρώδη, of ground full of rocks, Mat 13:5; Mat 13:20; Mar 4:5; Mar 4:16. (Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Diodorus 3, 45 (44), Plutarch, others.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

πετρώδης (stony)

Matthew 13:5

KJV: Some fell upon stony places where they had not much earth and forthwith they sprung up because they had no deepness of earth
GK: αλλά δε έπεσεν επί τα πετρώδη όπου ουκ είχε γην πολλήν και ευθέως εξανέτειλε διά το μη έχειν βάθος γης

Matthew 13:20

KJV: But he that received the seed into stony places the same is he that heareth the word and anon with joy receiveth it
GK: ο δε επί τα πετρώδη σπαρείς ούτός εστιν ο τον λόγον ακούων και ευθύς μετά χαράς λαμβάνων αυτόν

Mark 4:5

KJV: And some fell on stony ground where it had not much earth and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth
GK: άλλο δε έπεσεν επί το πετρώδες όπου ουκ είχε γην πολλήν και ευθέως εξανέτειλε διά το μη έχειν βάθος γης

Mark 4:16

KJV: And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground who when they have heard the word immediately receive it with gladness
GK: και ούτοί εισιν ομοίως οι επί τα πετρώδη σπειρόμενοι οι όταν ακούσωσι τον λόγον ευθέως μετά χαράς λαμβάνουσιν αυτόν
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