אֶבֶן

H68. eben
אֶ֫בֶן274 noun feminineGen 29:2 (masculine1Sa 17:40 ?) stone (Assyrian abnu, = the sharp, projecting ? see DlW, Pr 107; Phoenician אבן; Aramaic אֶבֶן, ; Ethiopic Sabean [ם]אבנ DHMZMG 1883, 341) — ׳א absolute Gen 28:22 +; אָ֑בֶן Gen 11:3 +; construct Gen 49:24 +; suffix אַבְנוֺ 2Ki 3:25; אֲבָנִים Gen 31:46 +, etc.; — a stone (large or small).
1 in natural state, used as pillow Gen 28:11, Gen 28:18 (E); seat Exo 17:12 (E); cover of well Gen 29:2-3,(twice in verse); Gen 29:8, Gen 29:10 (J); causing one to stumble Isa 8:14; marring good ground 2Ki 3:19, 2Ki 3:25; hand-missle Exo 21:18 (JE) Num 35:17, Num 35:23 (P) 2Sa 16:6, 2Sa 16:13, especially in judicial stoning, with verb רָגַם Lev 20:2, Lev 20:27; Lev 24:23; Num 14:10; Num 15:35-36, Jos 7:25 a (all P), so also Deu 21:21; 2Ch 24:21; Eze 16:40; Eze 23:47; compare 1Ki 12:18 2Ch 10:18; with verb סָקַל Deu 13:11; Deu 17:5; Deu 22:21, Deu 22:24; 1Ki 21:13; also Jos 7:25b (J E or D); sling-stones Jdg 20:16; 1Sa 17:40, 1Sa 17:49 (twice in verse); 1Sa 17:50; 2Ch 26:14; hurled by engines 2Ch 26:15; set up for inscribing law Deu 27:2, Deu 27:4, Deu 27:8; Jos 8:32 (all D); as memorial Jos 4:3, Jos 4:5, Jos 4:6, Jos 4:7, Jos 4:8, Jos 4:9, Jos 4:20, Jos 4:21 (J E D) 1Sa 7:12; as sacred pillar (מַצֵּבָה) Gen 28:18; Gen 35:14 (anointed with oil), Gen 28:22 (= בֵּיתאֵל) compare יִשְׂרָאֵל א ׳(רֹעֶה) Gen 49:24 (see Di); as witness Gen 31:45 compare Jos 24:26-27, (all J E); plural gathered into heap (גַּל) over dead, Jos 7:26 (see Di) Jos 8:29; compare Jos 10:18, Jos 10:27 (JE) 2Sa 18:17; גַּל on which meal was eaten, in a compact Gen 31:46 (twice in verse) (JE); built into altar Exo 20:25; Deu 27:5-6, (J E D) Jos 8:31; 1Ki 18:31-32, 1Ki 18:38; compare 2Ki 23:15 ᵐ5 Klo (for הבמה); of figured stone (forbidden) ׳א מַשְׂכִּית Lev 26:1 (H) ;׳א גדולה where ark rested 1Sa 6:14-15, also 1Sa 6:18 (ᵑ0 אבל q. v.); (see for other note-worthy stones 9 below
2 stone, as material, of tablets Exo 24:12; Exo 31:18; Exo 34:1 (plural) Exo 34:4; Exo 34:4 (JE) Deu 4:13; Deu 5:19; Deu 9:9-10, Deu 9:11; Deu 10:1, Deu 10:3; of vessels, hence probably Exo 7:19 (P; ׳א = vessels of stone || עצים) see Di; idols (|| עץ) Deu 4:28; Deu 28:36, Deu 28:64; Deu 29:16; 2Ki 19:18 = Isa 37:19; also Jer 3:9; Eze 20:32; pavement 2Ki 16:17; edifice 1Ki 6:7 compare Gen 11:3; also 2Sa 5:11; 2Ki 12:13; 1Ch 22:15; often plural of (worked) stones Lev 14:40, Lev 14:42 (twice in verse); Lev 14:43, Lev 14:45 (P; in wall of house) 2Ki 22:6 +, compare of city-wall Nehemiah 3:35; of (ruined) city 1Ki 15:22; Nehemiah 3:34; tomb Isa 14:19; יְקָרוֺת אֲבָנִים (costly building-stones) 1 Kings 5:31; 1Ki 7:9-10, 1Ki 7:11 (see also below
3); שַׁיִשׁ אַבְנֵיֿ = marble (see ᵐ5) 1Ch 29:2; גָזִית אַבְנֵי = hewn stones 1 Kings 5:31; 1Ch 22:2; Eze 40:42 (for altar-tables), — compare גָּזִית; ׳א מַחְצֵב 2Ki 12:13; 2Ki 22:6; 2Ch 34:11; foundation-stone, corner-stone Isa 28:16; Jer 51:26; Job 38:6; Psa 118:22; cap-stone, completing the building, ׳הָא הָרִאשֹׁנָה Zec 4:7 (but see מִּנָּה רֹאשׁ Psa 118:22 as above), Zec 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 א ׳חָרָשֵׁי 2Sa 5:11; 1Ch 22:15; הָא ׳חֹצְבֵי 2Ki 12:13 compare 1Ch 22:2. 3 precious stones, Generally with modifying word ׳א יְקָרָה collective 2Sa 12:30; 1Ki 10:2 + often (see 2); ׳א הַשֹּׁהַם Gen 2:12 (J) compare Exo 25:7; Exo 28:9; Exo 35:9, Exo 35:27; Exo 39:6 (P) 1Ch 29:2; ׳א מִלֻּאִים Exo 25:7; Exo 35:9, Exo 35:27 compare 1Ch 29:2; ׳א סַמִּיר Eze 1:26; Eze 10:1; אֶקְדָּח אַבְנֵי Isa 54:12; ׳א חֵפֶץ ib.; וְרִקְמָה פוּח אַבְנֵי 1Ch 29:2; ׳א חֵן Pro 17:8; on אֵשׁ אַבְנֵי (stones of fire) Eze 28:14, Eze 28:16 as precious stones = Assyrian aban išâti (?) see DlPa 118 & W 40; but Sm and others thunderbolts; also without distinctive modifier Exo 25:7; Exo 35:9; א ׳חָרַשׁ engraver in stone Exo 28:11; compare Exo 31:5; Exo 35:33 (P).
4 stones containing metal, = ore, Deu 8:9 (see Di) Job 28:2 compare Job 28:3.
5 a weight, originally stone (see Pro 27:3 compare English weight stone = 14 lb) אַבְנֵיכִֿיס Pro 16:11 (compare Assyrian DlW 38); ׳א הַמֶּלֶח 2Sa 14:26 (i.e. accusative to royal standard; compare COTGen 23:16); ׳א ׳וָא Deu 25:13; Pro 20:10, Pro 20:23 (i.e. different weights, for dishonest use); מִרְמָה אַבְנֵי כִּיס Mic 6:11; just weights אַבְנֵיצֶֿדֶק Lev 19:36; ׳א שְׁלֵמָה Pro 11:1; hence also heavy mass of metal (lead) Zec 5:8.
6 plummet Isa 34:11 (stones of devastation, or emptiness, compare on sense 2Ki 21:13; Amo 7:7-8,); also made of metal ׳הא הַבְּדִּיל Zec 4:10 (conversely plummet from plumbum).
7 objects like stones; particle hail, explicitly, הַבָּרָד אַבְנֵי Jos 10:11 compare Isa 30:30; ׳א אֶלְגָּבִישׁ Eze 13:11, Eze 13:18; Eze 38:22; but also גְּדֹלוֺת אֲבָנִים Jos 10:11 (E) (compare Assyrian DlW 38); lime-stones אַבְנֵיגִֿר Isa 27:9.
8 in simile (mostly poetry) of sinking in water Exo 15:5 = Neh 9:11; motionlessness Exo 15:16; strength Job 6:12; firmness Job 41:16; solidity (of ice) Job 38:30; in prose, of commonness 1Ki 10:27; 2Ch 1:15; also metaphor of one in fear 1Sa 25:37 (i.e. 653petrified with terror, compare Exo 15:16 above); הָא ׳לֵב = perverse, hard heart Eze 11:19; Eze 36:26; אַבְנֵינֵֿזֶר Zec 9:16 (of ransomed Israel) — ׳א personified Hab 2:11 compare Hab 2:19; compare Eze 13:11 (see 7 above)
9 In topographic terms (nearly = proper name); בֹּהַן אֶבֶן Jos 15:6; Jos 18:17; ׳א הָעֶזֶר 1Sa 5:1; compare 1Sa 7:12, also 1Sa 4:1 (We Dr); הָאָ֑זֶל ׳הָא 1Sa 20:19, read הַלָּאז הָאַרְגָּב see ᵐ5 here & 1Sa 20:41 (We Dr Klo); ׳א הַזֹּחֶלֶת 1Ki 1:9 (where WeSkizzen III, 171 compare Arabic Zuhal = Saturn).
אַרְגָּב noun masculine heap, mound (probably); — so read 1Sa 20:19 (for אבן), 1Sa 20:41 (for ננב), ᵐ5 (αρ σαβ, ερσαβ), Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS.
אֶ֫בֶן noun feminineDan 2:34 stone (Biblical Hebrew id.); — absolute׳א Dan 2:34 +; emphatic אַבְנָא Dan 2:35; —
1 a (the) stone Dan 2:34-35, Dan 2:45; Dan 6:18.
2 stone, material of idols Dan 5:4, Dan 5:23; of buildings Ezr 5:8; Ezr 6:4.