Quick Definition
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
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, Joh_19:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λιθό -στρωτος , -ον
( < στρώννυμι ),
[in LXX : 2Ch_7:3 , Ezr_1:6 , Son_3:10 ( H7531 , H7528 ) * ;]
paved with stones, esp . of tessallated work (Ca, i.e .); as subst ., τὸ λ ., a tessallated pavement: Joh_19:13 ( cf. Γαββαθᾶ ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λιθόστρωτος [page 376]
For this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Joh_19:13 ) cf. P Flor I. 50 .97 (A.D. 268) ἐπὶ τοῦ λιθοστρώτου δρόμου Ἕρμου . See also Aristeas 88 τὸ δὲ πᾶν ἔδαφος λιθόστρωτον καθέστηκε , the whole floor (of the temple) is paved with stones (Thackeray). Other exx. in Wetstein.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λιθόστρωτος λι^θό-στρωτος, ον "paved with stones", Soph. :— λιθόστρωτον, τό, "a tesselated pavement", NTest.
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).†
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