Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H72
אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר
Eben ha-Ezereh'-ben haw-e'-zer
Ebenezer
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼEben hâ-ʻÊzer
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H72is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H72
Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Ebenezer.
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 ha-Ezer is rendered "Ebenezer". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Six of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 4:1Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
1 Samuel 4:1הָאֶ֣בֶן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's six uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- -ezer2
- Eben-1
- from Eben-1
- the -ezer1
- the Eben-1
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.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- אֶ֣בֶן1
- הָאֶ֣בֶן1
- הָעֵ֔זֶר1
- הָעֵ֖זֶר1
- הָעָ֑זֶר1
- מֵאֶ֥בֶן1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)3HNpl
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2HTd/Npl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npl
1 Samuel
six uses
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- הָאֶ֣בֶןhaeventhe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Eben-
- הָעֵ֔זֶרhaezerproper noun (a name)tagged: -ezer
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
- מֵאֶ֥בֶןmeevenpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Eben-
- הָעֵ֖זֶרhaezerthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the -ezer
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.”
- אֶ֣בֶןʾevenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eben-
- הָעָ֑זֶרhaazerproper noun (a name)tagged: -ezer
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.