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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Rock, Isaiah 16:1, marg. (see SELA.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PETRA

pe'-tra.

See SELA.

Greek

4073. petra -- a (large mass of) rock
... 4072, 4073. petra. 4074 . ... see GREEK Petros. (petra) -- 4 Occurrences. (petrai) --
1 Occurrence. (petrais) -- 1 Occurrence. (petran) -- 5 Occurrences. ...
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4075. petrodes -- rock-like
... Word Origin from petra and -odes (suff. ... stony. From petra and eidos; rock-like, ie
Rocky -- stony. see GREEK petra. see GREEK eidos. (petrodes) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4074. Petros -- "a stone" or "a boulder," Peter, one of the twelve ...
... Word Origin a noun akin to petra, used as a proper name Definition "a stone" or
"a boulder," Peter, one of the twelve apostles NASB Word Usage Peter (150 ...
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Library

Petra
... CHAPTER XII Petra. "This work in India . . . is ... Petra, I have called it; the
word stands for many a town walled in as that one is. In ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xii petra.htm

Parabole Th' (ix)
... he de petra hupsulotera en ton oreon, tetragonos, hoste dunasthai holon ton komon
choresai.2. palaia de en he petra ekeine, ppulen ekkekommenen echousa; hos ...
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The Christian Church
... His statement was, 'Thou art Petros and on this petra I will build My church.' The
words are cognate but not identical; the former is masculine and the latter ...
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Again on Matt. xiv. 25:00:00 of the Lord Walking on the Waves of ...
... Church. For seeing that Christ is the rock (Petra), Peter is the Christian
people. For the rock (Petra) is the original name. Therefore ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxvi again on matt.htm

John Chapter xxi. 19-25.
... by divers temptations, that come upon it like torrents of rain, floods and tempests,
and falleth not, because it is founded upon a rock (petra), from which ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate cxxiv john chapter xxi.htm

Letter clvi. To Leo Augustus.
... Since, therefore, the universal Church has become a rock (petra) through the building
up of that original Rock [576] , and the first of the Apostles, the most ...
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Testimonies in Regard to John the Baptist and Christ.
... wife of his brother, Herod made her his own wife after divorcing his former lawful
wife, who was the daughter of Aretas, [191] king of Petra, and separating ...
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Athanasius under Julian and his Successors; Fourth and Fifth ...
... did many of the Egyptian bishops who had suffered under George (p.483, note 3, again
we miss the name of the trusted Serapion), Asterius of Petra and Eusebius ...
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Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.
... by the character and by the miracles of Jesus.] 18 And I say also unto thee, That
thou art Peter [petros, a noun masculine] and upon this rock [Petra, a noun ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxx third withdrawal from herods 2.htm

Herod the Tetrarch Makes War with Aretas, the King of Arabia, and ...
... armature, and of the horsemen which belonged to them, and were drawn out of those
kingdoms which were under the Romans, and made haste for Petra, and came to ...
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Thesaurus

Petra
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Rock, Isaiah 16:1, marg. (see SELA.). Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PETRA. pe'-tra. See SELA. ...
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Sela (5 Occurrences)
... It is called "the rock" (Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SELA. se'-la (sela`,
ha-cela` (with the article); petra, he petra; the King James Version Selah (. ...
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Nabathaeans
... between the Red Sea and the Euphrates was called Nabatene (Ant., I, xii, 4). They
extended themselves along the East of the Jordan with Petra as their capital ...
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Nabataeans
... between the Red Sea and the Euphrates was called Nabatene (Ant., I, xii, 4). They
extended themselves along the East of the Jordan with Petra as their capital ...
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Edom (108 Occurrences)
... gulf, to the foot of the Dead Sea (1 Kings 9:26), and contained, among other cities,
the rock-hewn Sela (qv), generally known by the Greek name Petra (2 Kings ...
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Rock (176 Occurrences)
... Job 30:6 Jeremiah 4:29); compare Kephas, "Cephas" = Petros, "Peter" (John 1:42 the
King James Version and the Revised Version margin); (5) petra): 1. Names ...
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Gur-baal (1 Occurrence)
... Association with the Meunim points to the East. It may be taken as certain that
Jebel Neby Harun, near Petra, has always been crowned by a sanctuary. ...
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Gurbaal (1 Occurrence)
... Association with the Meunim points to the East. It may be taken as certain that
Jebel Neby Harun, near Petra, has always been crowned by a sanctuary. ...
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Bozrah (9 Occurrences)
... Its modern representative is el-Busseireh. It lies in the mountain district
of Petra, 20 miles to the south-east of the Dead Sea. ...
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Amaziah (41 Occurrences)
... in making these extensive preparations for war, in a time of profound peace, is
clear to the Southeast of Judah lay the Edomite state, with its capital at Petra...
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Edom (108 Occurrences)

Rock (176 Occurrences)

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Gurbaal (1 Occurrence)

Bozrah (9 Occurrences)

Amaziah (41 Occurrences)