STRONGS NUMBER H68

H68. eben

אֶ֫בֶן‎₂₇₄ noun feminine^{Genesis 29:2} (masculine^{1 Samuel 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 11:3 +; construct 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); 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; 24:23; Numbers 14:10; 15:35-36, Joshua 7:25 a (all P), so also Deuteronomy 21:21; 2 Chronicles 24:21; Ezekiel 16:40; 23:47; compare 1 Kings 12:18 2 Chronicles 10:18; with verb סָקַל‎ Deuteronomy 13:11; 17:5; 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); 17:50; 2 Chronicles 26:14; hurled by engines 26:15; set up for inscribing law Deuteronomy 27:2, 4, 8; Joshua 8:32 (all D); as memorial 4:3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 21 (J E D) 1 Samuel 7:12; as sacred pillar (מַצֵּבָה‎) Genesis 28:18; 35:14 (anointed with oil), 28:22 (= בֵּיתאֵל‎) compare יִשְׂרָאֵל א ׳(רֹעֶה)‎ 49:24 (see Di); as witness 31:45 compare Joshua 24:26-27, (all J E); plural gathered into heap (גַּל‎) over dead, 7:26 (see Di) 8:29; compare 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) ׳א מַשְׂכִּית‎ Leviticus 26:1 (H) ;׳א גדולה‎ where ark rested 1 Samuel 6:14-15, also 6:18 (ᵑ0‎ אבל‎ q. v.); (see for other note-worthy stones 9 below

2 stone, as material, of tablets Exodus 24:12; 31:18; 34:1 (plural) 34:4; 34:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 4:13; 5:19; 9:9-10, 11; 10:1, 3; of vessels, hence probably Exodus 7:19 (P; ׳א‎ = vessels of stone "" עצים‎) see Di; idols ("" עץ‎) Deuteronomy 4:28; 28:36, 64; 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); 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; יְקָרוֺת אֲבָנִים‎ (costly building-stones) 1 Kings 5:31; 1 Kings 7:9-10, 11 (see also below

3); שַׁיִשׁ אַבְנֵיֿ‎ = marble (see ᵐ5‎) 1 Chronicles 29:2; גָזִית אַבְנֵי‎ = hewn stones 1 Kings 5:31; 22:2; Ezekiel 40:42 (for altar-tables), — compare גָּזִית‎; ׳א מַחְצֵב‎ 2 Kings 12:13; 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, ׳הָא הָרִאשֹׁנָה‎ Zechariah 4:7 (but see מִּנָּה רֹאשׁ‎ 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 א ׳חָרָשֵׁי‎ 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 22:15; הָא ׳חֹצְבֵי‎ 2 Kings 12:13 compare 1 Chronicles 22:2. 3 precious stones, Generally with modifying word ׳א יְקָרָה‎ collective 2 Samuel 12:30; 1 Kings 10:2 + often (see 2); ׳א הַשֹּׁהַם‎ Genesis 2:12 (J) compare Exodus 25:7; 28:9; 35:9, 27; 39:6 (P) 1 Chronicles 29:2; ׳א מִלֻּאִים‎ Exodus 25:7; 35:9, 27 compare 1 Chronicles 29:2; ׳א סַמִּיר‎ Ezekiel 1:26; 10:1; אֶקְדָּח אַבְנֵי‎ Isaiah 54:12; ׳א חֵפֶץ‎ ib.; וְרִקְמָה פוּח אַבְנֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 29:2; ׳א חֵן‎ Proverbs 17:8; on אֵשׁ אַבְנֵי‎ (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; 35:9; א ׳חָרַשׁ‎ engraver in stone 28:11; compare 31:5; 35:33 (P).

4 stones containing metal, = ore, Deuteronomy 8:9 (see Di) Job 28:2 compare 28:3.

5 a weight, originally stone (see Proverbs 27:3 compare English weight stone = 14 lb) אַבְנֵיכִֿיס‎ 16:11 (compare Assyrian Dl^{W 38}); ׳א הַמֶּלֶח‎ 2 Samuel 14:26 (i.e. accusative to royal standard; compare COT^{Genesis 23:16}); ׳א ׳וָא‎ Deuteronomy 25:13; Proverbs 20:10, 23 (i.e. different weights, for dishonest use); מִרְמָה אַבְנֵי כִּיס‎ Micah 6:11; just weights אַבְנֵיצֶֿדֶק‎ Leviticus 19:36; ׳א שְׁלֵמָה‎ 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 ׳הא הַבְּדִּיל‎ Zechariah 4:10 (conversely plummet from plumbum).

7 objects like stones; particle hail, explicitly, הַבָּרָד אַבְנֵי‎ Joshua 10:11 compare Isaiah 30:30; ׳א אֶלְגָּבִישׁ‎ Ezekiel 13:11, 18; 38:22; but also גְּדֹלוֺת אֲבָנִים‎ 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 41:16; solidity (of ice) 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. 653petrified with terror, compare Exodus 15:16 above); הָא ׳לֵב‎ = perverse, hard heart Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26; אַבְנֵינֵֿזֶר‎ Zechariah 9:16 (of ransomed Israel) — ׳א‎ personified Habakkuk 2:11 compare 2:19; compare Ezekiel 13:11 (see 7 above)

9 In topographic terms (nearly = proper name); בֹּהַן אֶבֶן‎ Joshua 15:6; 18:17; ׳א הָעֶזֶר‎ 1 Samuel 5:1; compare 7:12, also 4:1 (We Dr); הָאָ֑זֶל ׳הָא‎ 20:19, read הַלָּאז הָאַרְגָּב‎ see ᵐ5‎ here & 20:41 (We Dr Klo); ׳א הַזֹּחֶלֶת‎ 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), 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 2:34 +; emphatic אַבְנָא‎ 2:35; —

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

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