[Tramonto]

Any one know Greek?

1Corinthians10:4

4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.

Does Paul use the word “Petra” in reference to Christ in this verse?

[count-your-change]

“Petra” is the word used by Paul here as well as by Peter at 1 Peter 2:8.

[Al Hitan]

Any one know Greek?

Peter is named Rock. As a name, the gender of the name must match the sex of the subject. So using the Greek, Peter's name is the male Petros. If you refer to a rock, the gender is female, i.e. petras. Jesus is the rock (petras), but if He were named rock it would be Petros.

It's really a mute point in this case because we're talking about a translation of Simon's name change from the Aramaic Cephas (rock) to the Greek Petros (male for rock), and further to the English Peter (rock).

[verga]

1Corinthians10:4 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.

και παντες το αυτο TSBπομα πνευματικον επιον Aπομα επινον γαρ εκ πνευματικης ακολουθουσης πετρας η TSBδε πετρα Aδε ην ο χριστος

Appears he used both, because that is how Greek works, The gender of a noun depends on

1)the gender of the person.

2) how often it is being used, and

3) the case.

[metmom]

Here is an excellent resource for doing word studies of Scripture.

http://biblos.com/

You can follow links to the Greek and then a Strong’s Concordance.