livqo" livqo", livqou, oJ, the Septuagint for @b,a, (from Homer down); a stone: of small stones, ; ; ; :(3),11; ; ; ; plural, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; of a large stone, ,; ; ; f; ; f,41; ; of building stones, , (T omits; L WH Tr marginal reading brackets the verse); ; ; f; ; f; f; ; ; metaphorically of Christ: livqo" ajkrogwniai'o" (which see), ejklektov" (cf. 2 Esdr. ), e[ntimo", (); zw'n (see zavw, II. b.), ; livqo" proskovmmato", one whose words, acts, end, men (so stumble at) take such offence at, that they reject him and thus bring upon themselves ruin, (7); ; of Christians: livqoi zw'nte", living stones (see zavw, as above), of which the temple of God is built, ; of the truths with which, as with building materials, a teacher builds Christians up in wisdom, livqoi tivmioi, costly stones, . livqo" mulikov", R G; L T Tr WH, cf. . of precious stones, gems: livqo" tivmio", ; ,; , (; ,); ijavspi", ; ejndedumevnoi livqon (for R G T livnon) kaqarovn, L Tr text WH ( pavnta (or pa'n) livqon crhstovn ejndevdesai; (see WH. Introduction at the passage cited)); but (against the reading livqon) (cf. Scrivener, Plain Introduction etc., p. 658). Special stones cut in a certain form: stone tablets (engraved with letters), ; statues of idols, (; ).*