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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πέτρα
πέτρα
G4073
Transliteration: pétra
Pronunciation: pet'-ra
Definition: rock
- Original: πέτρα - Transliteration: Petra - Phonetic: pet'-ra
- Definition:
1. a rock, cliff or ledge
a. a projecting rock, crag, rocky ground
b. a rock, a large stone
c. metaph. a man like a rock, by reason of his firmness and strength of soul
- Origin: from the same as G4074" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4074 - TDNT entry: 07:35,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of the same as G4074" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4074; a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively): - rock.