Strong's Concordance petra: a (large mass of) rock Original Word: πέτρα, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: petra Phonetic Spelling: (pet'-ra) Short Definition: rock Definition: a rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground. HELPS Word-studies 4073 pétra (a feminine noun) – "a mass of connected rock," which is distinct from 4074 (Pétros) which is "a detached stone or boulder" (A-S). 4073 (pétra) is a "solid or native rock, rising up through the earth" (Souter) – a huge mass of rock (a boulder), such as a projecting cliff. 4073 (petra) is "a projecting rock, cliff (feminine noun) . . . 4074 (petros, the masculine form) however is a stone . . . such as a man might throw" (S. Zodhiates, Dict). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4073: πέτραπέτρα, πέτρας, ἡ, from Homer down; the Sept. for סֶלַע and צוּר; a rock, ledge, cliff; a. properly: Matthew 7:24; Matthew 27:51, 60; Mark 15:46; Luke 6:48; 1 Corinthians 10:4 (on which see πνευματικός, 3 a.); a projecting rock, crag, Revelation 6:15f, rocky ground, Luke 8:6, 13. b. a rock, large stone: Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:8 (7). c. metaphorically, a man like a rock, by reason of his firmness and strength of soul: Matthew 16:18 (some interpretations regard the distinction (generally observed in classic Greek; see the commentaries and cf. Schmidt, Syn., chapter 51, §§ 4-6) between πέτρα, the massive living rock, and πέτρος, a detached but large fragment, as important for the correct understanding of this passage; others explain the different genders here as due first to the personal then to the material reference. Cf. Meyer, Keil, others; Green, Critical Note on John 1:43). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance rock. Feminine of the same as Petros; a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively) -- rock. see GREEK Petros Forms and Transliterations πετρα πέτρα πέτρᾳ πετραι πέτραι πετραις πέτραις πετραν πέτραν πετρας πέτρας πετρίνας πετροβόλοις πετρόβολον πετροβόλους πετρών petra pétra petrai pétrai pétrāi petrais pétrais petran pétran petras pétrasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 407315 Occurrences πέτρᾳ — 4 Occ. πέτραι — 1 Occ. πέτραις — 1 Occ. πέτραν — 5 Occ. πέτρας — 4 Occ. Matthew 7:24 N-AFS GRK: ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν NAS: built his house on the rock. KJV: house upon a rock: INT: upon the rock Matthew 7:25 N-AFS Matthew 16:18 N-DFS Matthew 27:51 N-NFP Matthew 27:60 N-DFS Mark 15:46 N-GFS Luke 6:48 N-AFS Luke 8:6 N-AFS Luke 8:13 N-GFS Romans 9:33 N-AFS 1 Corinthians 10:4 N-GFS 1 Corinthians 10:4 N-NFS 1 Peter 2:8 N-NFS Revelation 6:15 N-AFP Revelation 6:16 N-DFP |
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