Word Summary
lithazō: to throw stones, to stone
Original Word: λιθάζωTransliteration: lithazō
Phonetic Spelling: (lith-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to throw stones, to stone
Meaning: to throw stones, to stone
Strong's Concordance
stone.
From lithos; to lapidate -- stone.
see GREEK lithos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3034: λιθάζωλιθάζω: 1 aorist
ἐλίθασα; 1 aorist passive
ἐλιθάσθην; (
λίθος);
to stone; i. e., a.
to overwhelm or bury with stones, (lapidibus cooperio,
Cicero):
τινα, of stoning, which was a Jewish mode of punishment (cf.
Winers RWB under the word Steinigung; (
B. D. under the word
, III. a. 1)): John 10:31-33 (where λιθάζετε and λιθάζομέν are used of the act of beginning; (cf. Winers Grammar, § 40, 2 a.; Buttmann, 205 (178))); John 11:8; Hob. 11:37. b. to pelt one with stones, in order either to wound or to kill him: Acts 14:19; passive, Acts 5:26 (cf. Winers Grammar, 505 (471); Buttmann, 242 (208)); 2 Corinthians 11:25. (Aristotle, Polybius, Strabo; λιθάζειν ἐν λίθοις, 2 Samuel 16:6.) (Compare: καταλιθάζω.)