STONES

Commandments engraved upon

Ex 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; De 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3

The law of Moses written upon

Jos 8:32

Houses built of

Isa 9:10; Am 5:11

Temple built of

1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12; Mt 24:2; Lu 19:44; 21:5,6

Prepared in the quarries

1Ki 6:7

Hewn (cut)

Ex 34:1; De 10:1; 1Ki 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 34:11; La 3:9

Sawed

1Ki 7:9

Hewers (stone-cutters) of

1Ki 5:18; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15

City walls built of

Ne 4:3

Memorial pillars of

Ge 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Jos 4:2-9,20-24; 24:25; 1Sa 7:12

Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel")

1Sa 6:18

Ezel

1Sa 20:19

Zoheleth

1Ki 1:9

Thrown upon accursed ground

2Ki 3:19,25

Used

In building altars

Jos 8:31

For weighing (margin)

Le 19:36

For closing graves

Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3

Tombs hewn in

Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3

Idols made of

De 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; Eze 20:32

Great, in Solomon's temple

1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12

Magnificent, in Herod the Great's temple

Mr 13:1

Skill in throwing

Jud 20:16; 1Ch 12:2

See SLINGS

See ADAMANT

See CHALCEDONY

See MARBLE

See ONYX

See PILLARS

See STONES, PRECIOUS

FIGURATIVE

Ge 49:24; Zec 3:9

Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling,"

Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8

Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure Foundation,"

Isa 28:16

Of Christ's rejection, the rejected Conerstone

Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42-44; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17,18; Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:4

The True Foundation

Isa 28:16; Mt 16:18; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20; Re 21:14

Of Christ, the Water of Life

1Co 10:4

Of the impenitent heart

Eze 36:26

Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone

Re 2:17

SYMBOLICAL

Of the kingdom of Christ

Da 2:34,45

PRECIOUS

In the breastplate and ephod

Ex 28:9-21; 39:6-14

Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod

Ex 35:27

Exported from Sheba

1Ki 10:2,10; 2Ch 9:9,10; Eze 27:22

Ophir

1Ki 10:11

Partial catalogue of

Eze 28:13

Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's apocalyptic vision

Re 21:19,20

In the crowns of kings

2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 20:2

FIGURATIVE

Isa 54:11,12

See AGATE

See AMETHYST

See BERYL

See CARBUNCLE

See CHRYSOLITE

See CHRYSOPRASUS

See CORAL

See CRYSTAL

See DIAMOND

See EMERALD

See JACINTH

See JASPER

See LIGURE

See RUBY

See SAPPHIRE

See SARDIUS

See SARDONYX

See TOPAZ