Easton's Bible Dictionary
: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
Rock
(Heb.
tsur
), employed as a symbol of God in the Old Testament (
1 Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 22:3; Isa. 17:10; Ps. 28:1, 31:2, 3, 89:26, 95:1
); also in the New Testament (
Mt. 16:18; Rom. 9:33; 1 Cor. 10:4
). In
Dan. 2:45
the Chaldaic form of the Hebrew word is translated "mountain." It ought to be translated "rock," as in
Hab. 1:12
in the Revised Version. The "rock" from which the stone is cut there signifies the divine origin of Christ.
(
See Stone
)
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