אֶבֶן
Transliteration
'eḇen
Pronunciation
eh'-ben
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the root of בָּנָה (H1129) through the meaning to build
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 9

Strong’s Definitions

אֶבֶן ʼeben, eh'-ben; from the root of H1129 through the meaning to build; a stone:— carbuncle, mason, plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 269x

The KJV translates Strong's H68 in the following manner: stone(s) (247x), weight(s) (7x), divers weights (with H68) (3x), hailstones (3x), stony (2x), carbuncle (with H688) (1x), hailstones (with H1259) (1x), hailstones (with H417) (1x), headstone (1x), masons (with H7023) (1x), plummet (1x), slingstones (1x).

  1. stone (large or small)

    1. common stone (in natural state)

    2. stone, as material

      1. of tablets

      2. marble, hewn stones

    3. precious stones, stones of fire

    4. stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon

    5. weight

    6. plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal

    7. stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice

    8. sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines

    9. (simile)

      1. sinking in water, motionlessness

      2. strength, firmness, solidity

      3. commonness

    10. (metaph)

      1. petrified with terror

      2. perverse, hard heart

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶבֶן ʼeben, eh'-ben; from the root of H1129 through the meaning to build; a stone:— carbuncle, mason, plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
STRONGS H68: Abbreviations
אֶ֫בֶן 274 noun feminineGenesis 29:2 (masculine1 Samuel 17:40 ?) stone (Assyrian abnu, = the sharp, projecting ? see DlW, Pr 107; Phoenician אבן; Aramaic H69 אֶבֶן, axnbAf; Ethiopic እብን፡ Sabean [ם]אבנ DHMZMG 1883, 341) — א׳ absolute Genesis 28:22 +; אָ֑בֶן Genesis 11:3 +; construct Genesis 49:24 +; suffix אַבְנוֺ 2 Kings 3:25; אֲבָנִים Genesis 31:46 +, etc.; — a stone (large or small).
1. in natural state, used as pillow Genesis 28:11, 18 (E); seat Exodus 17:12 (E); cover of well Genesis 29:2, 3 (twice in verse); Genesis 29:8, 10 (J); causing one to stumble Isaiah 8:14; marring good ground 2 Kings 3:19, 25; hand-missle Exodus 21:18 (JE) Numbers 35:17, 23 (P) 2 Samuel 16:6, 13, especially in judicial stoning, with verb רָגַם Leviticus 20:2, 27; Leviticus 24:23; Numbers 14:10; Numbers 15:35, 36; Joshua 7:25a (all P), so also Deuteronomy 21:21; 2 Chronicles 24:21; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 23:47; compare 1 Kings 12:18 2 Chronicles 10:18; with verb סָקַל Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 17:5; Deuteronomy 22:21, 24; 1 Kings 21:13; also Joshua 7:25b (J E or D); sling-stones Judges 20:16; 1 Samuel 17:40, 49 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 17:50; 2 Chronicles 26:14; hurled by engines 2 Chronicles 26:15; set up for inscribing law Deuteronomy 27:2, 4, 8; Joshua 8:32 (all D); as memorial Joshua 4:3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 21 (J E D) 1 Samuel 7:12; as sacred pillar (מַצֵּבָה) Genesis 28:18; Genesis 35:14 (anointed with oil), Genesis 28:22 (= בֵּיתאֵל) compare (רֹעֶה) א׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Genesis 49:24 (see Di); as witness Genesis 31:45 compare Joshua 24:26, 27 (all J E); plural gathered into heap (גַּל) over dead, Joshua 7:26 (see Di) Joshua 8:29; compare Joshua 10:18, 27 (JE) 2 Samuel 18:17; גַּל on which meal was eaten, in a compact Genesis 31:46 (twice in verse) (JE); built into altar Exodus 20:25; Deuteronomy 27:5, 6 (J E D) Joshua 8:31; 1 Kings 18:31, 32, 38; compare 2 Kings 23:15 Klo (for הבמה); of figured stone (forbidden) מַשְׂכִּית א׳ Leviticus 26:1 (H);גדולה א׳ where ark rested 1 Samuel 6:14, 15 also 1 Samuel 6:18 (MT אבל which see); (see for other note-worthy stones 9 below.
2. stone, as material, of tablets Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:1 (plural) Exodus 34:4; Exodus 34:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 9:9, 10, 11; Deuteronomy 10:1, 3; of vessels, hence probably Exodus 7:19 (P; א׳ = vessels of stone || עצים) see Di; idols (|| עץ) Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 28:36, 64; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; also Jeremiah 3:9; Ezekiel 20:32; pavement 2 Kings 16:17; edifice 1 Kings 6:7 compare Genesis 11:3; also 2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Kings 12:13; 1 Chronicles 22:15; often plural of (worked) stones Leviticus 14:40, 42 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:43, 45 (P; in wall of house) 2 Kings 22:6 +, compare of city-wall Nehemiah 3:35 [Nehemiah 4:3]; of (ruined) city 1 Kings 15:22; Nehemiah 3:34 [Nehemiah 4:2]; tomb Isaiah 14:19; אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת (costly building-stones) 1 Kings 5:31 [1 Kings 5:17]; 1 Kings 7:9, 10, 11 (see also below 3); אַבְנֵי־ שַׁיִשׁ = marble (see ) 1 Chronicles 29:2; אַבְנֵי גָזִית = hewn stones 1 Kings 5:31 [1 Kings 5:17]; 1 Chronicles 22:2; Ezekiel 40:42 (for altar-tables), — compare גָּזִית; מַחְצֵב א׳ 2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 22:6; 2 Chronicles 34:11; foundation-stone, corner-stone Isaiah 28:16; Jeremiah 51:26; Job 38:6; Psalm 118:22; cap-stone, completing the building, הָרִאשֹׁנָה הָא׳ Zechariah 4:7 (but see פִּנָּה רֹאש Psalm 118:22 as above), Zechariah 3:9 upon one stone seven eyes, probably refers to this cap- or head-stone; the eyes are symbol of God's watchfulness; perhaps explaining cup-stones found in Orient, see GutheZPV 1890, 129; stone-cutters חָרָשֵׁי א׳ 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 22:15; חֹצְבֵי הָא׳ 2 Kings 12:13 compare 1 Chronicles 22:2.
3. precious stones, generally with modifying word יְקָרָה א׳ collective 2 Samuel 12:30; 1 Kings 10:2 + often (see 2); הַשֹּׁהַם א׳ Genesis 2:12 (J) compare Exodus 25:7; Exodus 28:9; Exodus 35:9, 27; Exodus 39:6 (P) 1 Chronicles 29:2; מִלֻּאִים א׳ Exodus 25:7; Exodus 35:9, 27 compare 1 Chronicles 29:2; סַמִּיר א׳ Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:1; אַבְנֵי אֶקְדָּח Isaiah 54:12; חֵפֶץ א׳ ib.; אַבְנֵי פוּח וְרִקְמָה 1 Chronicles 29:2; חֵן א׳ Proverbs 17:8; on אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ (stones of fire) Ezekiel 28:14, 16 as precious stones = Assyrian aban išâti (?) see DlPa 118 & W 40; but Sm and others thunderbolts; also without distinctive modifier Exodus 25:7; Exodus 35:9; חָרַשׁ א׳ engraver in stone Exodus 28:11; compare Exodus 31:5; Exodus 35:33 (P).
†4. stones containing metal, = ore, Deuteronomy 8:9 (see Di) Job 28:2 compare Job 28:3.
†5. a weight, originally stone (see Proverbs 27:3 compare English weight stone = 14 lb) אַבְנֵי־כִיס Proverbs 16:11 (compare Assyrian DlW 38); הַמֶּלֶח א׳ 2 Samuel 14:26 (i.e. accusative to royal standard; compare COT Genesis 23:16); וָא׳ א׳ Deuteronomy 25:13; Proverbs 20:10, 23 (i.e. different weights, for dishonest use); כִּיס אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה Micah 6:11; just weights אַבְנֵי־צֶדֶק Leviticus 19:36; שְׁלֵמָה א׳ Proverbs 11:1; hence also heavy mass of metal (lead) Zechariah 5:8.
†6. plummet Isaiah 34:11 (stones of devastation, or emptiness, compare on sense 2 Kings 21:13; Amos 7:7, 8); also made of metal הַבְּדִּיל הא׳ Zechariah 4:10 (conversely plummet from plumbum).
†7. objects like stones; particle hail, explicitly, אַבְנֵי הַבָּרָד Joshua 10:11 compare Isaiah 30:30; אֶלְגָּבִישׁ א׳ Ezekiel 13:11, 18; Ezekiel 38:22; but also אֲבָנִים גְּדֹלוֺת Joshua 10:11 (E) (compare Assyrian DlW 38); lime-stones אַבְנֵי־גִר Isaiah 27:9.
8. in simile (mostly poetry) of sinking in water Exodus 15:5 = Nehemiah 9:11; motionlessness Exodus 15:16; strength Job 6:12; firmness Job 41:16; solidity (of ice) Job 38:30; in prose, of commonness 1 Kings 10:27; 2 Chronicles 1:15; also metaphor of one in fear 1 Samuel 25:37 (i.e. petrified with terror, compare Exodus 15:16 above); לֵב הָא׳ = perverse, hard heart Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26; אַבְנֵי־נֵזֶר Zechariah 9:16 (of ransomed Israel) — א׳ personified Habakkuk 2:11 compare Habakkuk 2:19; compare Ezekiel 13:11 (see 7 above).
9. In topographic terms (nearly = proper name); אֶבֶן בֹּהַן Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:17; [H72 הָעֶזֶר א׳ 1 Samuel 5:1; compare 1 Samuel 7:12, also 1 Samuel 4:1 (We Dr)]; הָא׳ הָאָ֑זֶל 1 Samuel 20:19, read הָאַרְגָּב הַלָּאז see here & 1 Samuel 20:41 (We Dr Klo); הַזֹּחֶלֶת א׳ 1 Kings 1:9 (where WeSkizzen III, 171 compare Arabic Zuhal = Saturn).

† אַרְגָּב noun masculine heap, mound (probably); — so read 1 Samuel 20:19 (for אבן), 1 Samuel 20:41 (for ננב), (αρ σαβ, ερσαβ), Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS.

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References

Genesis

Genesis 2:12; Genesis 11:3; Genesis 11:3; Genesis 23:16; Genesis 28:11; Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:22; Genesis 28:22; Genesis 29:2; Genesis 29:2; Genesis 29:3; Genesis 29:8; Genesis 29:10; Genesis 31:45; Genesis 31:46; Genesis 31:46; Genesis 35:14; Genesis 49:24; Genesis 49:24

Exodus

Exodus 7:19; Exodus 15:5; Exodus 15:16; Exodus 15:16; Exodus 17:12; Exodus 20:25; Exodus 21:18; Exodus 24:12; Exodus 25:7; Exodus 25:7; Exodus 25:7; Exodus 28:9; Exodus 28:11; Exodus 31:5; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:1; Exodus 34:4; Exodus 34:4; Exodus 35:9; Exodus 35:9; Exodus 35:9; Exodus 35:27; Exodus 35:27; Exodus 35:33; Exodus 39:6

Leviticus

Leviticus 14:40; Leviticus 14:42; Leviticus 14:43; Leviticus 14:45; Leviticus 19:36; Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 20:27; Leviticus 24:23; Leviticus 26:1

Numbers

Numbers 14:10; Numbers 15:35; Numbers 15:36; Numbers 35:17; Numbers 35:23

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 8:9; Deuteronomy 9:9; Deuteronomy 9:10; Deuteronomy 9:11; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 10:3; Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 17:5; Deuteronomy 21:21; Deuteronomy 22:21; Deuteronomy 22:24; Deuteronomy 25:13; Deuteronomy 27:2; Deuteronomy 27:4; Deuteronomy 27:5; Deuteronomy 27:6; Deuteronomy 27:8; Deuteronomy 28:36; Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 29:16

Joshua

Joshua 4:3; Joshua 4:5; Joshua 4:6; Joshua 4:7; Joshua 4:8; Joshua 4:9; Joshua 4:20; Joshua 4:21; Joshua 7:25; Joshua 7:25; Joshua 7:26; Joshua 8:29; Joshua 8:31; Joshua 8:32; Joshua 10:11; Joshua 10:11; Joshua 10:18; Joshua 10:27; Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:17; Joshua 24:26; Joshua 24:27

Judges

Judges 20:16

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 6:14; 1 Samuel 6:15; 1 Samuel 6:18; 1 Samuel 7:12; 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Samuel 17:50; 1 Samuel 20:19; 1 Samuel 20:19; 1 Samuel 20:41; 1 Samuel 20:41; 1 Samuel 25:37

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Samuel 12:30; 2 Samuel 14:26; 2 Samuel 16:6; 2 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 18:17

1 Kings

1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 5:17; 1 Kings 5:17; 1 Kings 6:7; 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:10; 1 Kings 7:11; 1 Kings 10:2; 1 Kings 10:27; 1 Kings 12:18; 1 Kings 15:22; 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 18:38; 1 Kings 21:13

2 Kings

2 Kings 3:19; 2 Kings 3:25; 2 Kings 3:25; 2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 16:17; 2 Kings 19:18; 2 Kings 21:13; 2 Kings 22:6; 2 Kings 22:6; 2 Kings 23:15

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 22:2; 1 Chronicles 22:2; 1 Chronicles 22:15; 1 Chronicles 22:15; 1 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Chronicles 29:2

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 1:15; 2 Chronicles 10:18; 2 Chronicles 24:21; 2 Chronicles 26:14; 2 Chronicles 26:15; 2 Chronicles 34:11

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 4:2; Nehemiah 4:3; Nehemiah 9:11

Job

Job 6:12; Job 28:2; Job 28:3; Job 38:6; Job 38:30; Job 41:16

Psalms

Psalms 118:22; Psalms 118:22

Proverbs

Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 20:10; Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 27:3

Isaiah

Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 27:9; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 30:30; Isaiah 34:11; Isaiah 37:19; Isaiah 54:12

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 51:26

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 13:11; Ezekiel 13:11; Ezekiel 13:18; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 23:47; Ezekiel 28:14; Ezekiel 28:16; Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 38:22; Ezekiel 40:42

Amos

Amos 7:7; Amos 7:8

Micah

Micah 6:11

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 2:11; Habakkuk 2:19

Zechariah

Zechariah 3:9; Zechariah 4:7; Zechariah 4:10; Zechariah 5:8; Zechariah 9:16