אֶבֶן
ʼeben · eh'-ben
{a stone}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H68 (אֶבֶן)
{a stone}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: stone.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶבֶן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- stones2 · 25%
- that a stone1 · 13%
- for them: and the stone1 · 13%
- that the stone1 · 13%
- and of stone1 · 13%
- and stone1 · 13%
- stone1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.