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Lexicon :: Strong's H68 - 'eḇen

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אֶבֶן
Transliteration
'eḇen
Pronunciation
eh'-ben
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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).

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 Greek Version of the LXX 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 Greek Version of the LXX) 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 Greek Version of the LXX 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), Greek Version of the LXX (αρ σαβ, ερσαβ), Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H69
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Exodus

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

Leviticus

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

Numbers

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

Deuteronomy

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

Joshua

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

Judges

20:16

1 Samuel

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

2 Samuel

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

1 Kings

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

2 Kings

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

1 Chronicles

22:2; 22:2; 22:15; 22:15; 29:2; 29:2; 29:2; 29:2

2 Chronicles

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

Nehemiah

4:2; 4:3; 9:11

Job

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

Psalms

118:22; 118:22

Proverbs

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

Isaiah

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

Jeremiah

3:9; 51:26

Ezekiel

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

Amos

7:7; 7:8

Micah

6:11

Habakkuk

2:11; 2:19

Zechariah

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

H68

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Strong's Number H68 matches the Hebrew אֶבֶן ('eḇen),
which occurs 33 times in 25 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians -- upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:5 - The depths covered them; they sank to the bottom as a stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:16 - Fear and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:12 - And Moses' hands were heavy; then they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on this side, and one on that side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy sharp tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to his bed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the commandment that I have written, for their instruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7 - onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9 - And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - six of their names on the one stone, and the six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:17 - And thou shalt set in it settings of stones -- four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald -- the first row;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:5 - and in cutting of stones, for setting, and for carving of timber -- to work in all manner of work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:18 - And he gave to Moses, when he had ended speaking with him on mount Sinai, the two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 - And Jehovah said to Moses, Hew for thyself two tables of stone like the first; and I will write upon the tables the words that were upon the first tables, which thou hast broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:4 - And he hewed two tables of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - and onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the principal men brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:33 - and in cutting of stones, for setting, and in carving of wood, to execute all artistic work;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6 - And they wrought the onyx stones mounted in enclosures of gold, engraved with the engravings of a seal, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:7 - And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:10 - And they set in it four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald -- the first row;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
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