אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר
ʼEben hâ-ʻÊzer · eh'-ben haw-e'-zer
Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H68 (אֶבֶן) and H5828 (עֵזֶר) with the article inserted; stone of the help;
Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ebenezer.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold › to see and know › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold that works to see and know that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- beside ebenezer1 · 33%
- it from ebenezer1 · 33%
- of it ebenezer1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
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.