BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5619
sa.qal — to stone
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
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7275
ra.gam — to stone
1) to stone, slay or kill by stoning 1a) (Qal) to stone
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3036
lithoboleō — to stone
λιθο-βολέω, -ῶ (λίθος, βάλλω), [in LXX for סָקַל, רָגַם, Exo.19:13, Lev.20:2, al. ;] to pelt with stones, to kill by stoning, to stone (cf. λιθάζω): with accusative of person(s), Mat.21:35 23:37, Luk.13:34 Act.7:58-59 14:5; pass., Heb.12:20 (LXX).† (AS)
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7697
thuma — an offering
1. that which is slain or offered, a victim, sacrifice, offering , [variant datesTragica Adespota, (Thucydides), etc.; πάγκαρπα θ. offerings of all fruits, (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. sacrifice , as an act, (Sophocles Tragicus): metaphorically, θ. λεύσιμον a sacrifice to be avenged by stoning [the murderers, 6th/5th c.BC] (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A form of punishment (Lev. 20:2; 24:14; Deut. 13:10; 17:5; 22:21) prescribed for certain offences. Of Achan (Josh. 7:25), Naboth (1 Kings 21), Stephen (Acts 7:59), Paul (Acts 14:19; 2 Cor. 11:25).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
