Hebrew noun (Aramaic, feminine) · H69
אֶבֶן
ebeneh'-ben
stone
8 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 H69is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H69
{a stone}
The King James renders it: stone.
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 8 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Six of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 5:8Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.
Ezra 5:8אֶ֣בֶן
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
- a stone3
- and the stone2
- stone of2
- and stone the1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶבֶן | eben | stone | Uses273 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- אֶ֣בֶן2
- אֶ֙בֶן֙1
- אֶ֜בֶן1
- אֶ֤בֶן1
- וְאַבְנָ֗א1
- וְאַבְנָ֣א׀1
- וְאַבְנָֽא׃1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)3AC/Ncbsd/Ta
- noun · masculine or feminine singular3ANcbsa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2ANcbsc
Ezra
two uses
Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.
- אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of
with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.
- אֶ֤בֶןʾevennoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stone of
Daniel
six uses
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
- אֶ֙בֶן֙ʾevennoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a stone
Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
- וְאַבְנָ֣א׀veavna'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and stone the
And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
- אֶ֜בֶןʾevennoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a stone
As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
- וְאַבְנָֽא׃veavna'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and the stone
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- וְאַבְנָ֗אveavna'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and the stone
A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.
- אֶ֣בֶןʾevennoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a stone
The letters
Gematria 53· 703 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.