Quick Definition
to stone
Strong's Definition
properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (cast, gather out, throw) stone(-s), [idiom] surely.
TWOT Reference: 1541
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to stone (to death), put to death by stoning
1a) (Qal) to pelt with stones, stone to death
1b) (Niphal) to be stoned to death
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to stone, pelt with stones
1c2) to free from stones (of vineyard, highway)
1d) (Pual) to be stoned to death
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to stone (to death), put to death by stoning
1a) (Qal) to pelt with stones, stone to death
1b) (Niphal) to be stoned to death
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to stone, pelt with stones
1c2) to free from stones (of vineyard, highway)
1d) (Pual) to be stoned to death
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָקַל
sâqal
BDB Definition:
1) to stone (to death), put to death by stoning
1a) (Qal) to pelt with stones, stone to death
1b) (Niphal) to be stoned to death
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to stone, pelt with stones
1c2) to free from stones (of vineyard, highway)
1d) (Pual) to be stoned to death
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1541
Total KJV Occurrences: 20
