Original Word: אֶבֶן
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: eben
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-ben)
Definition: a stoneWord Origin
a prim. root
Definition
a stone
NASB Translation
another (1), charm* (1), cornerstone* (1), death (1), differing weights (3), hailstones* (4), jeweler* (1), lapis lazuli* (1), line* (1), plumb line (1), plumb* (1), rock (2), rocks (1), slingstones* (1), stone (106), stonecutters* (1), stonemasons* (1), stones (125), weight (4), weights (3).

אֶ֫בֶן₂₇₄ noun feminine^{Genesis 29:2} (masculine^{1Samuel 17:40} ?) stone (Assyrian abnu, = the sharp, projecting ? see Dl^{W, Pr 107}; Phoenician אבן; Aramaic אֶבֶן, ; Ethiopic Sabean [ ם]אבנ DHM^{ZMG 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 7:25 a (all P), so also Deuteronomy 21:21; 2Chronicles 24:21; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 23:47; compare 1 Kings 12:18 2Chronicles 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; 2Chronicles 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 ᵐ5 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 (ᵑ0 אבל q. v.); (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; of (ruined) city 1 Kings 15:22; Nehemiah 3:34; tomb Isaiah 14:19; אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת (costly building-stones) 1 Kings 5:31; 1 Kings 7:9,10,11 (see also below

3); אַבְנֵיֿ שַׁיִשׁ = marble (see ᵐ5) 1 Chronicles 29:2; אַבְנֵי גָזִית = hewn stones 1 Kings 5:31; 1 Chronicles 22:2; Ezekiel 40:42 (for altar-tables), — compare גָּזִית; מַחְצֵב ׳א 2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 22:6; 2Chronicles 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 רֹאשׁ מִּנָּה 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 Guthe^{ZPV 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 Dl^{Pa 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) אַבְנֵיכִֿיס Proverbs 16:11 (compare Assyrian Dl^{W 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 אַבְנֵיצֶֿדֶק 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 Dl^{W 38}); lime-stones אַבְנֵיגִֿר 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; 2Chronicles 1:15; also metaphor of one in fear 1 Samuel 25:37 (i.e. 653petrified with terror, compare Exodus 15:16 above); ׳לֵב הָא = perverse, hard heart Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26; אַבְנֵינֵֿזֶר 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; 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 ᵐ5 here & 1 Samuel 20:41 (We Dr Klo); הַזֹּחֶלֶת ׳א 1 Kings 1:9 (where We^{Skizzen 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), ᵐ5 (αρ σαβ, ερσαβ), Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS.

אֶ֫בֶן noun feminine^{Daniel 2:34} stone (Biblical Hebrew id.); — absolute׳א Daniel 2:34 +; emphatic אַבְנָא Daniel 2:35; —

1 a (the) stone Daniel 2:34,35,45; Daniel 6:18.

2 stone, material of idols Daniel 5:4,23; of buildings Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:4.

to build, a stone, diverse weights

From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

see HEBREW banah

אֲבָנִ֑ים אֲבָנִ֔ים אֲבָנִ֖ים אֲבָנִ֗ים אֲבָנִ֜ים אֲבָנִ֣ים אֲבָנִ֣ים ׀ אֲבָנִ֤ים אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ אֲבָנִ֥ים אֲבָנִ֧ים אֲבָנִ֨ים אֲבָנִֽים׃ אֲבָנִים֙ אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ אֲבָנֶ֛יהָ אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ אֲבָנַ֔יִךְ אֲבָנָ֣יו אֲבָנָֽיו׃ אֲבָנָיו֙ אֶ֔בֶן אֶ֖בֶן אֶ֙בֶן֙ אֶ֛בֶן אֶ֜בֶן אֶ֝בֶן אֶ֣בֶן אֶ֤בֶן אֶ֥בֶן אֶ֧בֶן אֶ֨בֶן אֶ֭בֶן אֶֽבֶן־ אֶבֶן֒ אַבְנ֜וֹ אַבְנֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֤י אַבְנֵ֥י אַבְנֵי֙ אַבְנֵי־ אַבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ אָ֑בֶן אָֽבֶן׃ אבן אבן־ אבן׃ אבנו אבני אבני־ אבניה אבניהם׃ אבניו אבניו׃ אבניך אבנים אבנים׃ בְּאֶ֖בֶן בְּאֶ֣בֶן בְּאֶ֥בֶן בְּאַבְנֵ֣י בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔ים בָּֽאֲבָנִים֙ בָּאֲבָנִ֑ים בָּאֲבָנִ֖ים בָּאֲבָנִ֣ים בָּאֲבָנִֽים׃ בָּאֲבָנִים֙ בָּאֲבָנִים֮ בָּאֶ֛בֶן בָּאֶ֣בֶן בָּאָ֑בֶן בָֽאֲבָנִים֙ בָאֲבָנִ֖ים בָאָֽבֶן׃ באבן באבן׃ באבני באבנים באבנים׃ הָ֣אֲבָנִ֔ים הָֽאֲבָנִ֔ים הָֽאֲבָנִים֙ הָאֲבָנִ֑ים הָאֲבָנִ֔ים הָאֲבָנִ֖ים הָאֲבָנִ֗ים הָאֲבָנִ֛ים הָאֲבָנִ֣ים הָאֲבָנִ֥ים הָאֲבָנִ֨ים הָאֶ֔בֶן הָאֶ֖בֶן הָאֶ֗בֶן הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ הָאֶ֛בֶן הָאֶ֣בֶן הָאֶ֤בֶן הָאֶ֥בֶן הָאֶ֧בֶן האבן האבנים וְ֝אֶ֗בֶן וְ֠הָאֲבָנִים וְאֶ֖בֶן וְאֶ֣בֶן וְאֶ֥בֶן וְאַ֨בְנֵי־ וְאַבְנֵ֖י וְאַבְנֵ֣י וְאַבְנֵ֥י וְאַבְנֵ֨י וְאַבְנֵי־ וְהָאֲבָנִ֖ים וְהָאֶ֣בֶן וְהָאֶ֥בֶן וְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙ וַאֲבָנִים֙ וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְ וָ֭אֶבֶן וָאֶ֔בֶן וָאֶ֖בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן וָאָֽבֶן׃ וּבְאֶ֥בֶן וּבָאֲבָנִ֖ים וּבָאֲבָנִֽים׃ וּבָאֶ֔בֶן וּלְאֶ֣בֶן וּלְאַבְנֵ֖י ואבן ואבן׃ ואבני ואבני־ ואבניך ואבנים ובאבן ובאבנים ובאבנים׃ והאבן והאבנים ולאבן ולאבני כְּאֶ֣בֶן כְּאַבְנֵי־ כָּ֭אֶבֶן כָּאֲבָנִ֑ים כָּאָ֑בֶן כאבן כאבני־ כאבנים לְאֶ֣בֶן לְאַבְנֵ֣י לְאַבְנֵי־ לְאָ֔בֶן לְאָֽבֶן׃ לָאֲבָנִ֥ים לאבן לאבן׃ לאבני לאבני־ לאבנים מֵאֶ֔בֶן מֵאַבְנֵ֣י מאבן מאבני ’ă·ḇā·na·yiḵ ’ă·ḇā·nāw ’ă·ḇā·ne·hā ’ă·ḇā·nîm ’ā·ḇen ’aḇ·nê ’aḇ·nê- ’aḇ·nê·hem ’aḇ·nōw ’ăḇānāw ’ăḇānayiḵ ’ăḇānehā ’ăḇānîm ’āḇen ’aḇnê ’aḇnê- ’aḇnêhem ’aḇnōw ’e·ḇen ’e·ḇen- ’eḇen ’eḇen- avaNav avaNayich avaNeiha avaNim Aven avnei avneiHem avNo bā’ăḇānîm ḇā’ăḇānîm bā’āḇen ḇā’āḇen bā’eḇen bā·’ă·ḇā·nîm ḇā·’ă·ḇā·nîm bā·’ā·ḇen ḇā·’ā·ḇen bā·’e·ḇen baavaNim baAven baEven bə’aḇnê bə’eḇen bə·’aḇ·nê bə·’e·ḇen beavNei beEven Even hā’ăḇānîm hā’eḇen hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm hā·’e·ḇen haavaNim haEven kā’ăḇānîm kā’āḇen kā’eḇen kā·’ă·ḇā·nîm kā·’ā·ḇen kā·’e·ḇen kaavaNim kaAven Kaeven kə’aḇnê- kə’eḇen kə·’aḇ·nê- kə·’e·ḇen keavnei keEven lā’ăḇānîm lā·’ă·ḇā·nîm laavaNim lə’āḇen lə’aḇnê lə’aḇnê- lə’eḇen lə·’ā·ḇen lə·’aḇ·nê lə·’aḇ·nê- lə·’e·ḇen leAven leavNei leEven mê’aḇnê mê’eḇen mê·’aḇ·nê mê·’e·ḇen meavNei meEven ū·ḇā·’ă·ḇā·nîm ū·ḇā·’e·ḇen ū·ḇə·’e·ḇen ū·lə·’aḇ·nê ū·lə·’e·ḇen ūḇā’ăḇānîm ūḇā’eḇen ūḇə’eḇen ūlə’aḇnê ūlə’eḇen uleavNei uleEven uvaavaNim uvaEven uvEven vaavaNayich vaavaNim vaAven vaEven veavNei veEven Vehaavanim vehaEven velaEven wa’ăḇānayiḵ wa’ăḇānîm wā’āḇen wā’eḇen wa·’ă·ḇā·na·yiḵ wa·’ă·ḇā·nîm wā·’ā·ḇen wā·’e·ḇen wə’aḇnê wə’aḇnê- wə’eḇen wə·’aḇ·nê wə·’aḇ·nê- wə·’e·ḇen wə·hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm wə·hā·’e·ḇen wə·lā·’e·ḇen wəhā’ăḇānîm wəhā’eḇen wəlā’eḇenInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts