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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H68

אֶבֶן

ebeneh'-ben

stone

273 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼeben

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H68is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 27 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 124
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H68

a stone

The King James renders it: [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

eben is rendered "stone". It stands 273 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-seven books.

  • Thirty-three of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
  • The Greek text spells it 124 different ways.

The first use

And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

Genesis 2:12וְאֶ֥בֶן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • stones41
  • stone25
  • stones of25
  • a stone23
  • the stone20
  • the stones20
  • and stone15
  • with the stones14
  • and stones of10
  • stones its8
  • stone of7
  • a stone of5

and 41 more, 273 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

אֶבֶןebenstoneUses8

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 273, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

124 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אֶ֣בֶן15
  • אַבְנֵי־13
  • אֶ֖בֶן10
  • אֲבָנִ֣ים9
  • אֶ֥בֶן8
  • אַבְנֵ֣י8
  • אָ֑בֶן7
  • אֲבָנִ֔ים7
  • הָאֶ֙בֶן֙6
  • וְאֶ֣בֶן6
  • אֶ֛בֶן4
  • אֶ֔בֶן4

and 112 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular51HNcfsa
  • noun · feminine plural29HNcfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular20HC/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)20HNcfpc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular20HTd/Ncfsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural18HRd/Ncfpa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural17HTd/Ncfpa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)14HNcfsc
  • noun · masculine plural12HNcmpa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)9HNcmpc
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular7HRd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)6HC/Ncmpc

Genesis

fifteen uses
  • And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.

    Genesis 2:12

    • וְאֶ֥בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stone of
  • And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

    Genesis 11:3

    • לְאָ֔בֶןleavenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: to stone
  • On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

    Genesis 28:11

    • מֵאַבְנֵ֣יmeavneipreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: one of stones of
  • Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

    Genesis 28:18

    • הָאֶ֙בֶן֙haeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

    Genesis 28:22

    • וְהָאֶ֣בֶןvehaevenconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the stone
  • He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

    Genesis 29:2

    • וְהָאֶ֥בֶןvehaevenconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the stone
  • When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

    Genesis 29:3

    • הָאֶ֙בֶן֙haeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
    • הָאֶ֛בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”

    Genesis 29:8

    • הָאֶ֔בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

    Genesis 29:10

    • הָאֶ֙בֶן֙haeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,

    Genesis 31:45

    • אָ֑בֶןʾavennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

    Genesis 31:46

    • אֲבָנִ֔יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • אֲבָנִ֖יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
  • So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

    Genesis 35:14

    • אָ֑בֶןʾavennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

    Genesis 49:24

    • אֶ֥בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of

Exodus

thirty-three uses
  • And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

    Exodus 7:19

    • וּבָאֲבָנִֽים׃uvaavanimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and in the stones
  • The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

    Exodus 15:5

    • אָֽבֶן׃ʾavennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

    Exodus 15:16

    • כָּאָ֑בֶןkaavenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the stone
  • When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

    Exodus 17:12

    • אֶ֛בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

    Exodus 20:25

    • אֲבָנִים֙ʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

    Exodus 21:18

    • בְּאֶ֖בֶןbeevenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with a stone
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

    Exodus 24:12

    • הָאֶ֗בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

    Exodus 25:7

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
    • וְאַבְנֵ֖יveavneiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
  • Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

    Exodus 28:9

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.

    Exodus 28:10

    • הָאֶ֣בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
    • הָאֶ֥בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.

    Exodus 28:11

    • אֶבֶן֒ʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
    • הָאֲבָנִ֔יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stones
  • Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.

    Exodus 28:12

    • הָאֲבָנִ֗יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stones
    • אַבְנֵ֥יʾavneinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

    Exodus 28:17

    • אֶ֔בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
    • אָ֑בֶןʾavennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

    Exodus 28:21

    • וְ֠הָאֲבָנִיםvehaavanimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the stones
  • to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.

    Exodus 31:5

    • אֶ֛בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

    Exodus 31:18

    • אֶ֔בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

    Exodus 34:1

    • אֲבָנִ֖יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.

    Exodus 34:4

    • אֲבָנִ֜יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • אֲבָנִֽים׃ʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
  • and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

    Exodus 35:9

    • וְאַ֨בְנֵי־veavnei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
    • וְאַבְנֵ֖יveavneiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
  • The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,

    Exodus 35:27

    • אַבְנֵ֣יʾavneinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
    • אַבְנֵ֣יʾavneinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.

    Exodus 35:33

    • אֶ֛בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

    Exodus 39:6

    • אַבְנֵ֣יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 39:7

    • אַבְנֵ֥יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

    Exodus 39:10

    • אָ֑בֶןʾavennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

    Exodus 39:14

    • וְ֠הָאֲבָנִיםvehaavanimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the stones

Leviticus

ten uses
  • he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.

    Leviticus 14:40

    • הָ֣אֲבָנִ֔יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.

    Leviticus 14:42

    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • הָאֲבָנִ֑יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stones
  • If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,

    Leviticus 14:43

    • הָאֲבָנִ֑יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.

    Leviticus 14:45

    • אֲבָנָיו֙ʾavanavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: stones its
  • You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

    Leviticus 19:36

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: weights of
  • “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

    Leviticus 20:2

    • בָאָֽבֶן׃vaavenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the stone
  • A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”

    Leviticus 20:27

    • בָּאֶ֛בֶןbaevenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the stone
  • Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Leviticus 24:23

    • אָ֑בֶןʾavennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

    Leviticus 26:1

    • וְאֶ֣בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a stone of

Numbers

five uses
  • But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 14:10

    • בָּאֲבָנִ֑יםbaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”

    Numbers 15:35

    • בָֽאֲבָנִים֙vaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Numbers 15:36

    • בָּאֲבָנִ֖יםbaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

    Numbers 35:17

    • בְּאֶ֣בֶןbeevenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with a stone of
  • or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

    Numbers 35:23

    • אֶ֜בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone

Deuteronomy

twenty-five uses
  • He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.

    Deuteronomy 4:13

    • אֲבָנִֽים׃ʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

    Deuteronomy 4:28

    • וָאֶ֔בֶןvaevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

    Deuteronomy 5:22

    • אֲבָנִ֔יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

    Deuteronomy 8:9

    • אֲבָנֶ֣יהָʾavaneihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: stones its
  • When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.

    Deuteronomy 9:9

    • הָֽאֲבָנִים֙haavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.

    Deuteronomy 9:10

    • הָֽאֲבָנִ֔יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

    Deuteronomy 9:11

    • הָאֲבָנִ֖יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

    Deuteronomy 10:1

    • אֲבָנִים֙ʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

    Deuteronomy 10:3

    • אֲבָנִ֖יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

    Deuteronomy 13:10

    • בָאֲבָנִ֖יםvaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.

    Deuteronomy 17:5

    • בָּאֲבָנִ֖יםbaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

    Deuteronomy 21:21

    • בָֽאֲבָנִים֙vaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

    Deuteronomy 22:21

    • בָּאֲבָנִים֙baavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.

    Deuteronomy 22:24

    • בָּאֲבָנִים֮baavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

    Deuteronomy 25:13

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a weight
    • וָאָ֑בֶןvaavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a weight
  • You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    Deuteronomy 25:15

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a weight
  • And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

    Deuteronomy 27:2

    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • And when you have crossed the Jordan, you are to set up these stones on Mount Ebal, as I am commanding you today, and you are to coat them with plaster.

    Deuteronomy 27:4

    • הָאֲבָנִ֣יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • Moreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.

    Deuteronomy 27:5

    • אֲבָנִ֔יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.

    Deuteronomy 27:6

    • אֲבָנִ֤יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • And you shall write distinctly upon these stones all the words of this law.”

    Deuteronomy 27:8

    • הָאֲבָנִ֗יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

    Deuteronomy 28:36

    • וָאָֽבֶן׃vaavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

    Deuteronomy 28:64

    • וָאָֽבֶן׃vaavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.

    Deuteronomy 29:17

    • וָאֶ֔בֶןvaevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone

Joshua

twenty-two uses
  • and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

    Joshua 4:3

    • אֲבָנִ֑יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,

    Joshua 4:5

    • אֶ֤בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

    Joshua 4:6

    • הָאֲבָנִ֥יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • 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.”

    Joshua 4:7

    • הָאֲבָנִ֨יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.

    Joshua 4:8

    • אֲבָנִ֜יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

    Joshua 4:9

    • אֲבָנִ֗יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.

    Joshua 4:20

    • הָֽאֲבָנִים֙haavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

    Joshua 4:21

    • הָאֲבָנִ֥יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.

    Joshua 7:25

    • אֶ֔בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
    • בָּאֲבָנִֽים׃baavanimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

    Joshua 7:26

    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

    Joshua 8:29

    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.

    Joshua 8:31

    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • And there in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.

    Joshua 8:32

    • הָאֲבָנִ֑יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.

    Joshua 10:11

    • אֲבָנִ֨יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • בְּאַבְנֵ֣יbeavneipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by stones of
  • So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.

    Joshua 10:18

    • אֲבָנִ֥יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.

    Joshua 10:27

    • אֲבָנִ֤יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

    Joshua 15:6

    • אֶ֥בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of
  • From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

    Joshua 18:17

    • אֶ֥בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of
  • Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.

    Joshua 24:26

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”

    Joshua 24:27

    • הָאֶ֤בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone

Judges

three uses
  • He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

    Judges 9:5

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—

    Judges 9:18

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.

    Judges 20:16

    • בָּאֶ֛בֶןbaevenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the stone

1 Samuel

ten uses
  • The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

    1 Samuel 6:14

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

    1 Samuel 6:15

    • הָאֶ֣בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

    1 Samuel 7:12

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a stone
  • Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”

    1 Samuel 14:33

    • אֶ֥בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.

    1 Samuel 17:40

    • אֲבָנִ֣ים׀ʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

    1 Samuel 17:49

    • אֶ֙בֶן֙ʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
    • הָאֶ֙בֶן֙haeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

    1 Samuel 17:50

    • וּבָאֶ֔בֶןuvaevenconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with the stone
  • When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.

    1 Samuel 20:19

    • הָאֶ֥בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.

    1 Samuel 25:37

    • לְאָֽבֶן׃leavenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into stone

2 Samuel

seven uses
  • Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

    2 Samuel 5:11

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of
  • Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

    2 Samuel 12:30

    • וְאֶ֣בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a stone
  • And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

    2 Samuel 14:26

    • בְּאֶ֥בֶןbeevenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by weight of
  • He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.

    2 Samuel 16:6

    • בָּֽאֲבָנִים֙baavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.

    2 Samuel 16:13

    • בָּֽאֲבָנִים֙baavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

    2 Samuel 18:17

    • אֲבָנִ֖יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

    2 Samuel 20:8

    • הָאֶ֤בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone

1 Kings

twenty-four uses
  • And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.

    1 Kings 1:9

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of
  • And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.

    1 Kings 5:17

    • אֲבָנִ֨יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • אֲבָנִ֧יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • אַבְנֵ֥יʾavneinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.

    1 Kings 5:18

    • וְהָאֲבָנִ֖יםvehaavanimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the stones
  • The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

    1 Kings 6:7

    • אֶֽבֶן־ʾeven-noun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

    1 Kings 6:18

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

    1 Kings 7:9

    • אֲבָנִ֤יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.

    1 Kings 7:10

    • אֲבָנִ֥יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • אַבְנֵי֙ʾavneinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
    • וְאַבְנֵ֖יveavneiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
  • Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

    1 Kings 7:11

    • אֲבָנִ֧יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

    1 Kings 8:9

    • הָאֲבָנִ֔יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.

    1 Kings 10:2

    • וְאֶ֣בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    1 Kings 10:10

    • וְאֶ֣בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

    1 Kings 10:11

    • וְאֶ֥בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

    1 Kings 10:27

    • כָּאֲבָנִ֑יםkaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: like the stones
  • Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

    1 Kings 12:18

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.

    1 Kings 15:22

    • אַבְנֵ֤יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

    1 Kings 18:31

    • אֲבָנִ֔יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

    1 Kings 18:32

    • הָאֲבָנִ֛יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

    1 Kings 18:38

    • הָאֲבָנִ֖יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

    1 Kings 21:13

    • בָאֲבָנִ֖יםvaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones

2 Kings

eight uses
  • And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”

    2 Kings 3:19

    • בָּאֲבָנִֽים׃baavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.

    2 Kings 3:25

    • אַבְנ֜וֹʾavnonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: stone his
    • אֲבָנֶ֛יהָʾavaneihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: stones its
  • masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.

    2 Kings 12:12

    • הָאֶ֔בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
    • וְאַבְנֵ֣יveavneiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
  • King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.

    2 Kings 16:17

    • אֲבָנִֽים׃ʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

    2 Kings 19:18

    • וָאֶ֖בֶןvaevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.

    2 Kings 22:6

    • וְאַבְנֵ֣יveavneiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of

1 Chronicles

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

    1 Chronicles 12:2

    • בָּֽאֲבָנִ֔יםbaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the stones
  • Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

    1 Chronicles 20:2

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

    1 Chronicles 22:2

    • אַבְנֵ֣יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

    1 Chronicles 22:14

    • וַאֲבָנִים֙vaavanimconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and stones
  • You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—

    1 Chronicles 22:15

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.

    1 Chronicles 29:2

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
    • אֶ֧בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
    • וְאַבְנֵי־veavnei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
  • Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

    1 Chronicles 29:8

    • אֲבָנִ֔יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones

2 Chronicles

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

    2 Chronicles 1:15

    • כָּאֲבָנִ֑יםkaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: like the stones
  • He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple, blue, and crimson yarn, and fine linen. He is experienced in every kind of engraving and can execute any design that is given him. He will work with your craftsmen and with those of my lord, your father David.

    2 Chronicles 2:14

    • בָּאֲבָנִ֣יםbaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: in the stones
  • He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.

    2 Chronicles 3:6

    • אֶ֥בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.

    2 Chronicles 9:1

    • וְאֶ֣בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    2 Chronicles 9:9

    • וְאֶ֣בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

    2 Chronicles 9:10

    • וְאֶ֥בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

    2 Chronicles 9:27

    • כָּאֲבָנִ֑יםkaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: like the stones
  • Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 10:18

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.

    2 Chronicles 16:6

    • אַבְנֵ֤יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 24:21

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • Uzziah supplied the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and slingstones.

    2 Chronicles 26:14

    • וּלְאַבְנֵ֖יuleavneiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to stones of
  • And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.

    2 Chronicles 26:15

    • וּבָאֲבָנִ֖יםuvaavanimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with the stones
  • Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

    2 Chronicles 32:27

    • וּלְאֶ֣בֶןuleevenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and for stone
  • They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.

    2 Chronicles 34:11

    • אַבְנֵ֣יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of

Nehemiah

three uses
  • before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

    Nehemiah 4:2

    • הָאֲבָנִ֛יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

    Nehemiah 4:3

    • אַבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ פʾavneihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: stones their
  • You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

    Nehemiah 9:11

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone

Job

eleven uses
  • For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

    Job 5:23

    • אַבְנֵ֣יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

    Job 6:12

    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

    Job 8:17

    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

    Job 14:19

    • אֲבָנִ֤ים׀ʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

    Job 28:2

    • וְ֝אֶ֗בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

    Job 28:3

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of
  • Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

    Job 28:6

    • אֲבָנֶ֑יהָʾavaneihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: stones its
  • On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

    Job 38:6

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of
  • when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?

    Job 38:30

    • כָּ֭אֶבֶןkaevenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the stone
  • His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!

    Job 41:24

    • אָ֑בֶןʾavennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

    Job 41:28

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of

Psalms

three uses
  • They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

    Psalms 91:12

    • בָּאֶ֣בֶןbaevenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the stone
  • For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

    Psalms 102:14

    • אֲבָנֶ֑יהָʾavaneihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: stones its
  • The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

    Psalms 118:22

    • אֶ֭בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone

Proverbs

eleven uses
  • Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

    Proverbs 11:1

    • וְאֶ֖בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a weight
  • Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

    Proverbs 16:11

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: weights of
  • A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

    Proverbs 17:8

    • אֶֽבֶן־ʾeven-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a stone of
  • Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.

    Proverbs 20:10

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a weight
    • וָ֭אֶבֶןvaevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a weight
  • Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

    Proverbs 20:23

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a weight
    • וָאָ֑בֶןvaavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a weight
  • Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

    Proverbs 24:31

    • אֲבָנָ֣יוʾavanavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: stones its
  • Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

    Proverbs 26:8

    • אֶ֭בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

    Proverbs 26:27

    • אֶ֝בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

    Proverbs 27:3

    • אֶ֭בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone

Ecclesiastes

three uses
  • a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

    Ecclesiastes 3:5

    • אֲבָנִ֔יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
    • אֲבָנִ֑יםʾavanimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stones
  • The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

    Ecclesiastes 10:9

    • אֲבָנִ֔יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones

Isaiah

fourteen uses
  • And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

    Isaiah 8:14

    • וּלְאֶ֣בֶןuleevenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and into a stone of
  • But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

    Isaiah 14:19

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

    Isaiah 27:9

    • אַבְנֵ֣יʾavneinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
    • כְּאַבְנֵי־keavnei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like stones of
  • So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

    Isaiah 28:16

    • אָ֑בֶןʾavennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a stone of
  • And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

    Isaiah 30:30

    • וְאֶ֥בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stone of
  • The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.

    Isaiah 34:11

    • וְאַבְנֵי־veavnei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
  • They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

    Isaiah 37:19

    • וָאֶ֖בֶןvaevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

    Isaiah 54:11

    • אֲבָנַ֔יִךְʾavanayikhnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: stones your
  • I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

    Isaiah 54:12

    • לְאַבְנֵ֣יleavneipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to stones of
    • לְאַבְנֵי־leavnei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to stones of
  • Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

    Isaiah 60:17

    • הָאֲבָנִ֖יםhaavanimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the stones
  • Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

    Isaiah 62:10

    • מֵאֶ֔בֶןmeevenpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from stone

Jeremiah

seven uses
  • say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’

    Jeremiah 2:27

    • וְלָאֶ֙בֶן֙velaevenconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and to the stone
  • Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

    Jeremiah 3:9

    • הָאֶ֖בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.

    Jeremiah 43:9

    • אֲבָנִ֣יםʾavanimnoun · feminine pluraltagged: stones
  • Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

    Jeremiah 43:10

    • לָאֲבָנִ֥יםlaavanimpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: to the stones
  • No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 51:26

    • אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
    • וְאֶ֖בֶןveevenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

    Jeremiah 51:63

    • אֶ֔בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone

Lamentations

two uses
  • They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

    Lamentations 3:53

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

    Lamentations 4:1

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of

Ezekiel

seventeen uses
  • Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.

    Ezekiel 1:26

    • אֶֽבֶן־ʾeven-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a stone of
  • And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.

    Ezekiel 10:1

    • כְּאֶ֣בֶןkeevenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like a stone of
  • Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.

    Ezekiel 10:9

    • אֶ֥בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a stone of
  • And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,

    Ezekiel 11:19

    • הָאֶ֙בֶן֙haeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.

    Ezekiel 13:11

    • אַבְנֵ֤יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O stones of
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

    Ezekiel 13:13

    • וְאַבְנֵ֥יveavneiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
  • They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.

    Ezekiel 16:40

    • בָּאָ֑בֶןbaavenpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the stone
  • When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.

    Ezekiel 20:32

    • וָאָֽבֶן׃vaavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and stone
  • The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.

    Ezekiel 23:47

    • אֶ֙בֶן֙ʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

    Ezekiel 26:12

    • וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְvaavanayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and stones your
  • The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.

    Ezekiel 27:22

    • אֶ֤בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

    Ezekiel 28:13

    • אֶ֨בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: stone
  • You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

    Ezekiel 28:14

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

    Ezekiel 28:16

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

    Ezekiel 36:26

    • הָאֶ֙בֶן֙haeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

    Ezekiel 38:22

    • וְאַבְנֵ֨יveavneiconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stones of
  • There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

    Ezekiel 40:42

    • אַבְנֵ֣יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of

Daniel

one use
  • And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

    Daniel 11:38

    • וּבְאֶ֥בֶןuvevenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and with stone

Micah

two uses
  • Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.

    Micah 1:6

    • אֲבָנֶ֔יהָʾavaneihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: stones its
  • Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

    Micah 6:11

    • אַבְנֵ֥יʾavneinoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: weights of

Habakkuk

two uses
  • For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

    Habakkuk 2:11

    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

    Habakkuk 2:19

    • לְאֶ֣בֶןleevenpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to a stone of

Haggai

two uses
  • Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,

    Haggai 2:15

    • אֶ֛בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
    • אֶ֖בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone

Zechariah

nine uses
  • See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

    Zechariah 3:9

    • הָאֶ֗בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
    • אֶ֥בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singulartagged: a stone
  • What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

    Zechariah 4:7

    • הָאֶ֣בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

    Zechariah 4:10

    • הָאֶ֧בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the stone
  • I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

    Zechariah 5:4

    • אֲבָנָֽיו׃ʾavanavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: stones its
  • “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.

    Zechariah 5:8

    • אֶ֥בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: weight of
  • The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

    Zechariah 9:15

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.

    Zechariah 9:16

    • אַבְנֵי־ʾavnei-noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stones of
  • On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.

    Zechariah 12:3

    • אֶ֤בֶןʾevennoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a stone of

The letters

Gematria 53· 703 mispar gadol

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