Bible Dictionary
Stone
Stones were used for buildings, memorials, boundary or covenant signs, and graves. Figuratively, Scripture uses stone for hardness of heart, firmness, believers as living stones, and Christ as the chief cornerstone.
Biblical Usage
Scripture uses stone figuratively for hardness or insensibility, firmness, believers as living stones, and the Messiah as the chief cornerstone. Stones were raised as memorials by Jacob, Joshua, and Samuel, while the Messiah is described as the stone cut from the mountain and as the rejected yet foundational stone.
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