Strong's Number H68

Transliteration:

'eben{eh'-ben}

Word Origin:

from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build

TWOT:

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Usage in the KJV:

stone(s) 247, weight(s) 7, divers weights 68 3, hailstones 3, stony 2, carbuncle 688 1, hailstones 1259 1, hailstones 417 1, headstone 1, masons 7023 1, plummet 1, slingstones 1

Total: 269

Definition:

stone (large or small)
1. common stone (in natural state)
2. stone, as material
  1. of tablets
  2. marble, hewn stones
3. precious stones, stones of fire
4. stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon
5. weight
6. plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal
7. stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice
8. sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
9. (simile)
  1. sinking in water, motionlessness
  2. strength, firmness, solidity
  3. commonness
10. (metaph)
  1. petrified with terror
  2. perverse, hard heart