This verb denotes the specific act of killing by throwing stones, the prescribed execution method for certain offenses under Mosaic law. Luke 20:6 records the chief priests' fear that the crowd 'will stone us' if they deny John the Baptist's divine authority. The future indicative shows their certain expectation of mob violence. All translation witnesses preserve the stoning imagery. Classical and biblical Greek use this compound for the formal execution method and for spontaneous mob attacks. The single New Testament occurrence reveals how religious leaders calculated popular reaction to protect themselves from righteous anger.