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Πέτρος
Pétros · Greek · Strong's G4074 · 154 occurrences
The KJV renders 7 different Hebrew and Greek words as “rock”
What it means
a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037 (λίθος)); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
apparently a primary word;
How the KJV renders it
peter, rock
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“rock”
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Is speaking in tongues for today?
Where it appears
154 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Peter 1:1 N-NSM2 Peter 1:1 N-NSMActs 1:13 N-NSMActs 1:15 N-NSMActs 2:14 N-NSMActs 2:37 N-ASMActs 2:38 N-NSMActs 3:1 N-NSMActs 3:3 N-ASMActs 3:4 N-NSMActs 3:6 N-NSMActs 3:11 N-ASMActs 3:12 N-NSMActs 4:8 N-NSMActs 4:13 N-GSMActs 4:19 N-NSMActs 5:3 N-NSMActs 5:8 N-NSMActs 5:9 N-NSMActs 5:15 N-GSMActs 5:29 N-NSMActs 8:14 N-ASMActs 8:20 N-NSMActs 9:32 N-ASMActs 9:34 N-NSMActs 9:38 N-NSMActs 9:39 N-NSMActs 9:40 N-ASMActs 10:5 N-NSMActs 10:9 N-NSMActs 10:13 N-VSMActs 10:14 N-NSMActs 10:17 N-NSMActs 10:18 N-NSMActs 10:19 N-GSMActs 10:21 N-NSMActs 10:25 N-ASMActs 10:26 N-NSMActs 10:32 N-NSMActs 10:34 N-NSMActs 10:44 N-GSMActs 10:45 N-DSMActs 10:46 N-NSMActs 11:2 N-NSMActs 11:4 N-NSMActs 11:7 N-VSMActs 11:13 N-ASMActs 12:3 N-ASMActs 12:5 N-NSMActs 12:6 N-NSMActs 12:7 N-GSMActs 12:11 N-NSMActs 12:14 N-ASMActs 12:16 N-NSMActs 12:18 N-NSMActs 15:7 N-NSMGalatians 2:7 N-NSMGalatians 2:8 N-DSMJohn 1:41 N-GSMJohn 1:43 N-NSM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.