04073

@LINK πέτρα

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4073. πέτρα πέτρα, ionic and epic πέτρη, ἡ, I. a rock, a ledge or shelf of rock, Od.
2. a rock, i. e. a rocky peak or ridge, Hom.; π. σύνδρομοι, ξυμπληγάδες, of the rocky islets of the Bosporus, Pind., Eur.; π. δίλοφος, of Parnassus, Soph.—Properly, πέτρα is a fixed rock, πέτρος a stone: in Od. 9, πέτραι are masses of live rock torn up by giants.
3. πέτρη γλαφυρή a hollow rock, i. e. a cave, Il.; δίστομος π. a cave in the rock with a double entrance, Soph.
II. proverbial usages:—on οὐκ ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ πέτρης, v. δρῦς:— as a symbol of firmness, ὁ δ᾽ ἐστάθη ἠύτε πέτρη Od.; of hardheartedness, ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος Aesch.

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4073. πέτρα pevtra petra {pet'-ra}
feminine of the same as 4074; a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively):--rock. see GREEK for 4074

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4073 mdachphah med-akh-faw'

from 1765; a push, i.e. ruin:--overthrow.
see HEBREW for 01765