Original: πέτρα

Transliteration: pétra

Phonetic: pet'-ra

Short 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

- TDNT entry: 07:35,8

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Feminine of the same as G4074; a (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively): - rock.

Cognate: G2786, G4074