Dictionary of Bible Themes: 4354 rock

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Dictionary of Bible Themes

A symbol of strength and permanence and a place where people in danger often took refuge. God is depicted as the Rock of Israel, being the strength, security and deliverance for his people.

Zechariah 12:3

Rock as a symbol of strength, stability and permanence

Rocks as places of refuge and shelter

Job 24:8; 30:6
Psalms 27:5; 40:2

David's hiding-place from Saul

Songs 2:14
Isaiah 2:10,19,21; 32:2
Jeremiah 4:29; 16:16; 48:28; 49:16
Revelation 6:15-16

pp Ob 3

Isaiah 26:4

God as a rock

See also

Symbolising his strength and faithfulness

Genesis 49:23-25
Deuteronomy 32:3-4
1 Samuel 2:2
2 Samuel 23:2-4
Psalms 28:1; 42:9; 62:6; 92:14-15
Isaiah 44:8
Habakkuk 1:12
Psalms 71:3

See also

Symbolising safety and refuge in him

Deuteronomy 32:30
2 Samuel 22:31-32
Psalms 31:2-3; 61:1-3; 62:7; 94:22; 144:1-2
Isaiah 17:10

pp Ps 18:30-31

Deuteronomy 32:15-18
2 Samuel 22:47

Associated with salvation and deliverance

Psalms 19:14; 62:2; 78:35; 89:26; 95:1

pp Ps 18:46

Isaiah 8:13-15
Romans 9:33

Associated with judgment and punishment

1 Peter 2:8
Deuteronomy 32:31

Other gods as rocks

See also

Deuteronomy 32:36-38
Numbers 20:8

Water from the rock

Rocks as foundations

See also

Matthew 16:13-20

pp Lk 6:47-48

Deuteronomy 8:9

Rocks in mining, quarrying and building

Job 28:5-6,9-10
Isaiah 51:1-2
Jeremiah 23:29; 51:26
Daniel 2:34-35,45
Judges 6:20-21; 13:19-20

Rocks used as altars

Joshua 7:26; 8:29

Rock and burial places

2 Samuel 18:17

Rocks erected over graves

Luke 23:53

Tombs quarried in rock

See also

pp Mt 27:59-60

Isaiah 22:16

pp Mk 15:46

Joshua 10:17-18,27
Matthew 27:59-60

Rocks used to seal caves and tombs

Matthew 27:66; 28:2
Mark 16:2-4

pp Mk 15:46

pp Lk 24:2

pp Jn 20:1

Matthew 13:20-21

Rocky soil in the parable of the sower

See also

pp Mk 4:16-17

Matthew 13:5

pp Lk 8:13

pp Mk 4:5

pp Lk 8:6

Judges 7:25; 15:8-13; 20:45-47; 21:13

Rocks in place-names

2 Samuel 20:8
1 Chronicles 11:15