Word

λιθοβολέω

lithoboléō · G3036 · Greek · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

to stone to death

To kill or attempt to kill by means of hurling stones, normally carried out by angry mobs

Examples
Matthew 21:35 “And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 23:37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.
Luke 13:34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, and you were unwilling!

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

7 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: they 3
Not stated (participle) 2
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 4 groups

ἀποστέλλωto send 2
ὅςwho, which, that 1
ΣτέφανοςStephanus 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

διαστέλλομαιto order 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

סָקַל çâqal · H5619 · to pelt, to clear of stones: Hebrew סָקַל (çâqal, H5619) is the direct lexical equivalent of Greek λιθοβολέω (lithoboléō, G3036), both denoting the act of stoning/lapidation as execution or attack; the Greek term renders the Hebrew consistently in LXX contexts involving judicial or mob stoning (e.g., Exodus 19:13, Leviticus 20:2, Numbers 15:35-36).
רָגַם râgam · H7275 · to stone: Hebrew רָגַם (râgam, H7275) and Greek λιθοβολέω (lithoboléō, G3036) both denote the act of stoning/lapidation as execution or punishment, with רָגַם (râgam, H7275) serving as the standard Hebrew term for judicial or mob stoning that λιθοβολέω (lithoboléō, G3036) renders in LXX contexts.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To stone to death20.79: λιθοβολέω describes killing by throwing stones. Matthew 21:35 recounts that in Jesus' parable, the vine-growers “took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another,” the ἐλιθοβόλησαν naming this violent execution by stoning.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

λίθος líthos · G3037 · stone · 59×λιθάζω litházō · G3034 · to stone to death · 8×λιθοβολέωlithoboléō · G3036λίθινος líthinos · G3035 · stone, made out of stone · 3×καταλιθάζω katalitházō · G2642 · to stone to death · 1×λιθόστρωτος lithóstrōtos · G3038 · stone-strewed, i.e. a tessellated mosaic on which the Roman tribunal was placed · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon λιθοβόλω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐλιθοβόλουν; 1 aorist ἐλιθοβόλησα; passive, present…

λιθοβόλω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐλιθοβόλουν; 1 aorist ἐλιθοβόλησα; passive, present λιθοβολοῦμαι; 1 future λιθοβοληθήσομαι; (λιθοβόλος, and this from λίθος and βάλλω (cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (96); 25, 26)); the Sept. for סָקַל and רָגַם; equivalent to λιθάζω (which see), to stone; i. e.
a. to kill by stoning, to stone (of a species of punishment, see λιθάζω): τινα, Mt 21:35; Mt 23:37; Lk 13:34; Acts 7:58f; passive, Jn 8:5; Heb 12:20.
b. to pelt with stones: τινα, Mk 12:4 (Rec.); Acts 14:5. ((Diodorus 17, 41, 8); Plutarch, mor., p. 1011 e.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Kill8 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0