rok ((1) סלע, ṣela‛; (2) צוּר, cūr (3) חלּמישׁ, ḥallāmīsh, “flint”; compare Arabic khalanbûs, “flint”; (4) כּפים, kēphīm (Job 30:6;” Jeremiah 4:29); compare Κηφᾶς, Kēphás, “Cephas” = Πέτρος, Pétros, “Peter” (John 1:42 the King James Version and the Revised Version margin); (5) πέτρα, pétra):
Cūr and ṣela‛ are the words most often found, and there is no well-defined distinction between them. They are frequently coupled together in the parallelism which is characteristic of the Hebrew writers: e.g.
“Be thou to me a strong rock cūr),
A house of defense to save me.
For thou art my rock (ṣela‛) and my fortress”
(Psalms 31:2-3).
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Rock, Stone, Geology, Pebble, Flint, Petros, Cephas
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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