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Psalm 118

Psa. 118:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thep stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
which the builders
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
refused
ma'ac (Hebrew #3988)
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
KJV usage: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, X utterly, vile person.
Pronounce: maw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
is become the head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
stone of the corner
pinnah (Hebrew #6438)
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
KJV usage: bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.
Pronounce: pin-naw'
Origin: feminine of 6434
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Matt. 21:42• 42Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes? (Matt. 21:42)
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Acts 4:11• 11*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone. (Acts 4:11)
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Eph. 2:20• 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone, (Eph. 2:20)
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1 Peter 2:4,7• 4To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
 7To you therefore who believe is the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of the corner, (1 Peter 2:4,7)

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Builder,
Corner Stone,
Head Stone

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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The stone.
Matt. 21:42• 42Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes? (Matt. 21:42)
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Mark 12:10‑11• 10Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:
 11this is of the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes? (Mark 12:10‑11)
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Luke 20:17• 17But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone? (Luke 20:17)
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Acts 4:11• 11*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone. (Acts 4:11)
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Eph. 2:20‑22• 20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone,
 21in whom all the building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
 22in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. (Eph. 2:20‑22)
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1 Peter 2:4‑8• 4To whom coming, a living stone, cast away indeed as worthless by men, but with God chosen, precious,
 5yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
 6Because it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.
 7To you therefore who believe is the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of the corner,
 8and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; who stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed. (1 Peter 2:4‑8)
the head.
Zech. 4:7• 7Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou dost become a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it! (Zech. 4:7)
• (vv. 22-24) In the deeply important verses that follow, the psalmist probes the root of all the sorrows that the nation has passed through, and shows the righteous ground of their salvation and blessing. Their long history of trial, when scattered among the nations is traced to their rejection of Christ, while their restoration is brought about by their confession of Christ. The gate of the Lord through which the righteous will pass to blessing (vs. 20), has its full answer in Christ. He alone is the way into all blessing. (“Psalms 118” by H. Smith)
• Isaiah prophesied concerning Christ, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation” (Isa. 28:16). The psalmist tells us this stone is refused of the builders. In the New Testament the Lord Himself, (and the Holy Spirit, speaking through the Apostles) applies these words to His own rejection by the leaders of Israel, warning them that it would lead to the judgment of the nation. (“Psalms 118” by H. Smith)
• If the rejection of Christ was man’s act, the exaltation of Christ is the Lord’s doing, and the everlasting proof of God’s delight in, and acceptance of, Christ—the ground of all blessing for man, whether Israel, the Church or the nations. (“Psalms 118” by H. Smith)
• {v.22-23} Israel (the Jews really) rejected Christ as “the Stone” when He was here on earth (His first coming—Acts 4:11), but now they own Him as the Head of the corner, the foundation upon which the church has been built. At last Israel has found that same Stone as their sure foundation. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The stone which the builders rejected hath become the head of the cornerb:

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. the corner-stone.