HebrewH0068Noun (Feminine)

אֶ֫בֶן

e.ven

228Occurrences
H0068Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a stone

from the root of H1129 (בָּנָה) through the meaning to build;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
stone 1) stone (large or small) 1a) common stone (in natural state) 1b) stone, as material 1b1) of tablets 1b2) marble, hewn stones 1c) precious stones, stones of fire 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon 1e) weight 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines 1i) (simile) 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity 1i3) commonness 1j) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

אֶ֫בֶן appears 228 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
25
Deuteronomy
22
Joshua
20
1 Kings
17
Ezk
17
2 Chronicles
13
Genesis
13
Isaiah
11

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 12:2BSB

they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

2 Chronicles 9:27BSB

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

Exodus 28:9BSB

Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

Genesis 31:46BSB

and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

Joshua 4:7BSB

you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.