σταυρός
stauros
cross
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "stauros" (G4716) refers to a cross. This noun appears 28 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the text. The definition of "stauros" as a cross suggests a vertical beam or stake, possibly used for execution or as a symbol. The frequency of its occurrence in the Bible implies that the cross is an important concept in the text. Its range of usage spans various contexts, including descriptions of Roman execution methods, Jewish symbolism, and possibly as a metaphor for sacrifice or suffering. The significance of "stauros" lies in its association with the execution of Jesus Christ, which is a central event in the biblical narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
28 total occurrences across the text
He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Matthew 27:32As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
Matthew 27:40and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
Matthew 27:42“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
Mark 8:34He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mark 10:21Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”
Mark 15:21They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
Mark 15:30save yourself, and come down from the cross!”
Mark 15:32Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.
Luke 9:23He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 14:27Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
Luke 23:26When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.
John 19:17He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,
John 19:19Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
John 19:25But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
John 19:31Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
1 Corinthians 1:17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.
1 Corinthians 1:18For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Galatians 5:11But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.
Galatians 6:12As many as desire to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised; just so they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Galatians 6:14But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Ephesians 2:16and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility through it.
Philippians 2:8And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
Philippians 3:18For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
Colossians 1:20and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
Colossians 2:14wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us. He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
Hebrews 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.