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G3038 λιθόστρωτος (lithóstrōtos)

Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

λιθόστρωτον, ου, τό Adj a mosaic pavement

Strong's Definition

stone-strewed, i.e. a tessellated mosaic on which the Roman tribunal was placed

Derivation: from G3037 (λίθος) and a derivative of G4766 (στρώννυμι);

KJV Usage: Pavement

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | λιθάζω + στρώννυμι

7.71 · Constructions · Miscellaneous Constructions

The Stone Pavement an area in Jerusalem, paved with flat blocks of stone and forming a kind of courtyard (not a thoroughfare) In some languages one may describe ‘The Stone Pavement’ as ‘a court covered with large blocks of flat stone’ or ‘a stone-paved courtyard.’ See 93.437.

JHN 19:13

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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.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

λιθόστρωτος lithostrōtos 1x

a pavement made of blocks of stone, Jn. 19:13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

λιθό-στρωτος, -ον

(< στρώννυμι), [in LXX: II Ch 7:3, Es 1:6, Ca 3:10 (רִצְפָּה, רָצַף)*;]

paved with stones, esp. of tessallated work (Ca 3:10); as subst., τὸ λ., a tessallated pavement: Jo 19:13 (cf. Γαββαθᾶ).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

λιθόστρωτος. For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Jn 1012) cf. P Flor I. 5057 (a.p. 268) ἐπὶ τοῦ λιθοστρώτου δρόμου “Ἑΐρμου. See also Aristeas 88 τὸ δὲ πᾶν ἔδαφος λιθόστρωτον καθέστηκε, ““1Π6 whole floor (of the temple) is paved with stones” (Thackeray). Other exx. in Wetstein.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

λιθόστρωτος (lithostrōtos) — The Stone Pavement. λῐθό-στρωτος, ον, paved with stones, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. especially of tessellated work, λ. ἔδαφος [Refs 1st c.BC+]; λ., τό, mosaic or tessellated pavement, [NT+4th c.BC+] (Cyprus, -στρατ-), Roussel Délos: Colonie Athénienne p.422, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

λιθό-στρωτος, -ον (στρώννυμι), [in LXX: 2Ch.7:3, Est.1:6, Sng.3:10 (רִצְפָּה, רָצַף)* ;] paved with stones, esp. of tessallated work (Ca, i.e.); as subst., τὸ λ., a tessallated pavement: Jhn.19:13 (cf. Γαββαθᾶ).† (AS)

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